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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "National Lottery Group"<player.nationallotto2011@consultant.com>
Reply-To: <catherine_brown1@englandmail.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2012 23:01:05 +0100
Subject: The National Lottery Details!!

The National Lottery
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1N
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/09/ZY369
 
FINAL WINNING NOTIFICATION:
Dear Lucky Winner,
 
RE: BONUS LOTTERY PROMOTION PRIZE AWARDS WINNING NOTIFICATION
 
We are pleased to notify you the Draw (#1668) of the NATIONAL LOTTERY, Online Sweepstakes International Lottery Program held on Saturday, 21st January, 2012. Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from a pool of over 25,000 names of distinguished professionals drawn from Europe, America, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Middle-East, parts of Africa, and North & South America as part of our international promotions program conducted annually to encourage prospective overseas entries. We hope with part of your prize awards, you will take part in our subsequent lottery jackpots. The result of our computer draw (#1668) which took place on Saturday, 21st January, 2012 selected email address attached to an e-ticket number 56475600545 188 with Serial number (5627635368/10) drew the lucky numbers:  01 22 35 39 42 48(bonus no. 12), which subsequently won you the lottery in the 1st category to the sum of £672,310 (Six hundred and seventy-two thousand, three hundred and ten British Poun
 
Your prize award has been insured in your email address and is ready for claims. To begin your claims therefore, you are advised to expeditiously contact our licensed and accredited claim agent for Overseas Lottery Winners within a period of 7 days (date of this email inclusive) for the processing of your winning and remittance to your designated bank account after all statutory obligations have been satisfactorily dispensed with. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned. You may want to go through our online web result checker
 
 
http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/lotto/results/prizeBreakdown.ftl?drawNumber=1668&drawSequence=0
 
 
https://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/p/results/lotto.ftl
 
 
 
to verify your prize online with your numbers: 01 22 35 39 42 48
 
 
 
The United States government has mandated the Bank of England, to send you the ATM CARD and PIN NUMBER. Therefore, you are advised to contact the Head of ATM CARD Department of the Bank of England via email for further instructions on how to dispatch your ATM CARD to you.
 
Name: Mrs. Catherine Brown
Email: ( catherine_brown1@englandmail.com )
Fax: +447024080118
 
 
You are to fill the form below attaching your Identity Card
 
 
VERIFICATION AND ATM CARD RELEASE FORM
 
1. FULL NAMES: __________________________________
2. FULL ADDRESS: ____________________________________________
____________________________________________
3. SEX: _______________
4. AGE: ________
5. MARITAL STATUS: ___________________
6. OCCUPATION: ________________________
7. OTHER E-MAIL ADDRESS: _____________________________
8. TELEPHONE NUMBER: _____________________
9. LOTTO NUMBER: __01 22 35 39 42 48__B. DRAW NUMBER: __1668__
10. TICKET NUMBER: __56475600545 188___
11. SERIAL NUMBER: __5627635368/11___
12. AMOUNT WON: ______£672,310 _____________________________
13. Copy Of Int'l Passport, Drivers License, Or Any Valid Id Card.
 
 
Make sure this Verification and Atm Card Release Form is sent to the head of ATM Department for quick verification and funds release purpose. Our winners are assured of the utmost standards of confidentiality, and press anonymity until the end of proceedings, and beyond where they so desire. Be further advised to maintain the strictest level of confidentiality until the end of proceedings to circumvent problems associated with fraudulent claims. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program.
 
 
You are to either come down to England to collect your ATM Card or pay a sum of £250 (Two hundred and fifty British Pounds only) for the mailing of the ATM Card to you. The £250 will be sent by western union as directed by Mrs Catherine Brown. It is not Mandatory that you pay the £250, you also have the option of coming to England to collect the ATM Card in person. No proxies please.
 
NOTE: Inform Mrs. Catherine Brown that you received a message from the National Lottery to send you the ATM CARD and PIN NUMBER you will use in withdrawing your funds. If you cannot make it to England, please inform Mrs Catherine Brown that you are ready to make the payment of £250 by western union and that you need further details on how to make this payment so that she can send you your ATM Card.
 
As discussed and agreed, I will like you to understand that the charges cannot be deducted from your fund because it has been endorsed by both the United Kingdom and American government. You shall receive £4,672,310, No more, no less. Please do not expect them or even ask them to conduct any kind of deduction prior to sending you the ATM card. When slotted into your ATM machine, it would automatically convert to your currency according to the current exchange rate and dispense your country's currency.
 
 
 
Thanks for adhering strictly to these instruction and once again accept my congratulations.
 
 
 
At your disposal, we remain.
 
Very Truly Yours,
Renner M David
Federal Bureau Of Investigation
for The National Lottery
 
 
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