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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" <michellbridge@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: tre_andrew247@rediffmail.com
Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 19:55:12 -0300 (BRT)
Subject: YOUR WINNING NOTIFICATION !!!




The National Lottery
Head Office Consumer Protection,
National Lottery Commission,
101 Wigmore Street London W1U 1QU.


Ref: uk/9420X2/22 Batch: 012/05/ZY366

WINNING NOTIFICATION:

We happily announce to you the draw (#954) of THE NATIONAL LOTTERY,

online Sweepstakes International program held on Saturday 2th

April, 2011. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:

00408321531 with Serial number 876/8812 drew the lucky numbers: 11

-18-20-23-32-48(bonus no 25.), which subsequently won you the

lottery in the 2nd category i.e. match 5 plus bonus. You have

therefore been approved to claim a total sum of 789, 000.00GBP

(Seven hundred eighty nine thousand Great Britain Pounds Sterling

equivalent to one million one hundred and fifty thousand united

states dollars 1,150,000.00USD) in cash credited to file

KTU/9023118308/03.This is from a total cash prize of 11,845,120GBP

shared amongst the (8) lucky winners in this category i.e. Match 5

plus bonus.


All participants for the online version were selected randomly from

World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted

from over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that

are listed online. This promotion takes place weekly. Our agent

will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of

your funds as soon as you contact him. 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.



THE NATIONAL LOTTERY.

Yours faithfully,
Trella Andrew
Email: tre_andrew247@rediffmail.com

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