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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: "The National Lottery" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <willoughbyeaton@london.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2013 10:47:23 -0400
Subject: Ref: Email Draw #1798

The National Lottery
PO Box 1010 Liverpool
L70 1NL.


Dear winner,


This letter is genuinely from the UK National Lottery. We happily announce to you the draw (#1798) of the UK National Lottery online International program held on Sat 16 Mar 13 in Liverpool United Kingdom. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 756-005-45-188 with Serial number 5388/14 drew the lucky numbers 01-11-12-27-48-49 and the bonus number (19) won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e. match 6. Your draw has a total value of 1,204,563.00 GBP from a total cash prize of 6,022,815.00 GBP shared amongst five(5) lucky winners in your category.You are therefore been approved to claim a total sum of 1,204,563.00 GBP in cash.Your email address was selected by our Electronic Random Selection System (ERSS) from an exclusive list of 250,000,000 e-mail addresses of individual and corporate bodies generated from an internet resource database. No tickets were sold.You are advised to contact our certified and accredited claims agent as stated below:


****************************************************
Name: Mr. Willoughby Eaton


E-mail: willoughbyeaton@london.com


Tel: +44-703-197-9956

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NOTE: Please state your name as it should appear on the prize cheque.You are to contact Mr. Willoughby Eaton as instructed above in respect of your winning immediately with the following details below:

*****************************************************
FULL LEGAL NAMES:
SEX:
TEL:
AMOUNT WON:
COMPLETE CONTACT ADDRESS:
*****************************************************



Please note the following:

*1. All claims are nullified after 7working days from today.
*2. Your ticket number must be in all your mails with the claims officer.
*3. Do inform the claims officer of any change of names or addresses.
*4. Please do not reply to this email.



Contact your claims agent as soon as you receive this letter. Whilst every care is taken to ensure the accuracy of information containing National Lottery results, Camelot Group plc cannot take any responsibility for any errors or omissions of names. Prize winning and all aspects of the National Lottery games are subject to Games Rules and Procedures.. You can go to our online result site to confirm the value of your winnings and also get a prize breakdown: https://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/lotto/results/prizeBreakdown.ftl?drawNumber=1798&drawSequence=0 . Congratulations once again from all members and staff of this program and thank you for being part of our promotional lucky email lottery program.



Yours faithfully,
Mrs. Eileen McVicar (Co-ordinator)
UK National Lottery International Program

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