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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 UK" <public_relations@nationallotteryUK.co.uk>
Reply-To: 2198299155@qq.com
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2015 10:36:22 +0100
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS !!!

National Lottery UK

PUBLIC RELATIONS DEPARTMENT,

22 Garden Close, Stamford, Lincs, PE9 2YP ,LONDON
United Kingdom .




Attention:





This is to happily announce and inform you that you have been selected for a Winning Cash Prize of ?1,000.000 (One million Great British Pounds GBP) from the National Lottery ANNUAL e-LOTTERY BONANZA , held 20th September 2015,here in London United Kingdom. The selection process was carried out through a random selection in our computerized e-mail Selection System (ESS) from a Data-base of over 250,000 email addresses drawn from all the continents of the world which you were selected as one of the lucky winners.

The National Lottery e-Lottery was inaugurated and approved by the British
Gaming-Ballot Board and also Licensed by the International Association of Gaming-Ballot Regulators (IAGBR).
This promotional lottery is the 3rd of its kind and we intend to sensitize the public of this Annual lottery programmed for internet awareness.

To begin the processing of your cash award prize, you are to contact our Fiduciary Claims Department for more information as regards procedures to claim your prize.
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PUBLIC RELATIONS,
(Fiduciary Claims Department)
Dr. Bala Hassan
2198299155@qq.com
Tel: +44-703591731 , +44-703517010
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N:B You must comtact your claims Agent by providing him with your secret Pin code/ Batch number X7PYWM2008 and your Reference Number National Lottery: 2551256003/23.
You are also advised to provide him with the under listed information as soon as you receive this Notification e-mail.
These are your identification numbers:-
Batch number.....................X7PYWM2015
Ref number....................... National Lottery 2551256003/23
Winning numbers.TRKJPLSDG........................


FILL IN THE BELOW AND SEND IT TO YOUR CLAIMS AGENT

1.Name in full. ____________________________
2.Address. ---------------------------------------------------------
3.Nationality.------------------------------------------------------
4.Present Country of Residence.-------------------------------
5.Age. -------------------------------------------Sex----------------
6.Occupation. -------------------------------------------------------
7.Telephone Number. -----------------------------------------------
8.Fax [optional]. ------------------------------------------------------
9.Private E-mail: ---------------------------------------------------------
10.Next of Kin: ------------------------------------------------------------


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Please you are to provide him with the above listed details as soon as possible so he can begin with the processing of your prize winnings. Congratulations once again from all our staffs and thank you for being part of our promotional programmed.
SIR. DANIEL ROGERS
THE DIRECTOR PROMOTIONS
NATIONAL LOTTERY PUBLIC RELATIONS DEPARTMENT
United Kingdom.
This message is sponsored and brought to you by NATIONAL LOTTERY ELECTRONICS INC PUBLIC RELATIONS DEPARTMENT
United Kingdom.

Copyright © 2015 National Lottery Ltd .

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If you are not an intended recipient, please notify the sender of this email immediately. You should not copy, use or disseminate the information
contained in the email.
Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifically states them to be the views
National Lottery United Kingdom.
Copyright © 2015 National Lottery Ltd .
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