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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: Hildred Jester <hildred.jester@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2012 20:32:30 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Re: Verification of Lottery Claim!


I am not going to play your money laudering scam game.



________________________________
From: "freeledouglas@fbi.gov" <freeledouglas@fbi.gov>
To: admin@national-lottery.co.uk
Sent: Monday, October 8, 2012 1:38 PM
Subject: Verification of Lottery Claim!


 
 
The National Lottery                                                        October 8th, 2012
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1N
United Kingdom
 
 
VERIFICATION OF LOTTERY CLAIM
 
 
All protocols observed. Please accept my apologies for my late response. My Name is Freele Douglas. I work with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). I am a contract staff currently attached to the Verification department of the Camelot Group of the Online National Lottery. This is in view of checking false winning claims and Lottery Scams. Every claimant shall be verified by the FBI and winners must be duly paid. False claimants shall also be duly punished. I received an application letter sent by your Fiduciary agent, Mr Webster Stephen for the Claim of your Lottery Winnings. The application is to be verified by the National Lottery. Please read the extract of our terms and conditions below.
 
In the event that the Company, in its absolute discretion, believes that the Claimant is not lawfully entitled to payment of a Prize or that a Prize has been paid to a Player (including, without limitation, by payment into a Players Account in circumstances where the Company decides, in accordance with Rule 5(D)(3) that the Claimed Play is invalid or defective, it shall be entitled to withhold payment of the Prize or recover or seek to recover a Prize already paid (including, without limitation, where such payment has been made into a Players Account) pending the outcome of all appropriate inquiries. Once the appropriate verifications and inquiries have satisfied the Company, in its absolute discretion, that the Claimant is lawfully entitled to payment of the relevant Prize, it shall credit the amount of such Prize to the Players Account.
 
The Player is responsible, where applicable, for claiming a Prize and the protection of the Identification Information that enables the payment of a Prize.
 
The Company shall not be responsible or liable to any person claiming a Prize which has been paid to a person who assumed the identity of the holder of the relevant Account and who obtained sufficient information about them to impersonate the rightful holder of that Account. ( For this reason, please do not tell anyone about your winnings until you are paid.)
 
According to the application submitted by Mr Webster Stephen Alexander (your Fiduciary Agent/Representative) on your behalf, your claim states your winning details as follows
 
 
 
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/06/ZY369
Draw Number: 1738
Draw Date: Saturday, 18th August, 2012
Ticket Number: 56475600545 188
Serial Number: 5627635368/10
Lucky Number: 21 27 38 42 44 46(bonus no. 41),
Amount Won: Ј2,159,664 (Two Million, one hundred and fifty-nine thousand, six hundred and sixty-four British Pounds Sterling)
 
 
 
Please note that this is an online bonus promotion. Your email address was extracted by our computer from one of our advertising websites. We have over 3,000 advertising websites. You did not purchase a ticket. The Ticket was purchased for you by the online department of the National Lottery using your email address. Your email address was attached to ticket number 56475600545 188 On Saturday, 18th August, 2012, six ball sets were used and after the bonus draws, your email address attached to the above ticket number matched the numbers Ј2,159,664 (Two Million, one hundred and fifty-nine thousand, six hundred and sixty-four British Pounds Sterling). According to the current conversion rate, this amount in the United States Dollars is $3,306,515 (Three Million, three hundred and six thousand, five hundred and fifteen United States Dollars only). You were contacted via email as no other contact of yours was in our system as at the time of the draw.
 
 
 
 
You are required to:
 
 
 
1. Acknowledge the receipt of this email and confirmation of your claim stated above.
2. Reconfirm your full names and address as this would be used for your payment.
 
 
 
 
Please allow 24-48 working hours to verify your claim. If you would like me to call you when your claim is verified, Please state your phone number
 
 
 
 
FREELE DOUGLAS
THE NATIONAL LOTTERY,
CAMELOT GROUP,
VERIFICATION AND PROCESSING DEPARTMENT,
UNITED KINGDOM.
 
 
 
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