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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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Fraud email example:

From: lottouk1@tiscali.co.uk
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 02:34:20 -0700
Subject: CATEGORY "A" DRAWS

FROM: THE LOTTERY COORDINATOR,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
Dear Recipient,
RESULTS FOR CATEGORY "A" DRAWS
Congratulations to you as we bring to your notice, the results of the First
Category draws of LUCKY STRIKE LOTTERY UK. We are happy to inform you that
you have emerged a winner under the First Category, which is part of our
promotional draws. The draws were held prior to your notification . Participants
were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 2,500,000 names/email
addresses of individuals and companies from Africa, America, Asia, Australia,Europe,
Middle East, and Oceania as part of our International Promotions Program.
You/Your company email id, attached to ticket number 6422-5-486, with serial
number 59-18 drew the lucky numbers 33-92-78-05 (18) and consequently won
in the First Category.
You have therefore been awarded a lump sum pay out of £6,500,000 (Six million,
five hundred thousand Great Britain Pounds), which is the winning payout
for Category" A" winners. This is from the total prize money of £13,000,000
shared among the 2 winners in this category.
CONGRATULATIONS!
Your fund is now deposited with our transfer agents CASH CHANGE UK LTD and
insured in your name. In your best interest and also to avoid mix up of
numbers and names of any kind, we request that you keep the entire details
of your award strictly from public notice until the process of transferring
your claims has been completed, and your funds remitted to your account.This
is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous
acts by participants/nonparticipants of this program.
We also wish to bring to your notice our end of year premium stakes draw
where you stand a chance of winning up to £50 million; we hope that with
a part of your prize you will participate in it.
Please contact your claims agent immediately for due processing and remittance
of your prize money to a designated account of your choice:
MR. ANDREW YOUNG,
FOREIGN DEPARTMENT MANAGER,
CASH CHANGE UK LTD
TEL/FAX: +44 709 281 1069
EMAIL:findire1@glccltd.com
You are advised to contact our agents by email and/or fax within a week
of receiving this notice. Failure to do so may warrant disqualification.
NOTE: For easy reference and identification, find below your reference and
Batch numbers. Remember to quote these numbers in every one of your correspondence
with your claims agent.
REFERENCE NUMBER: LSLUK/2031/8161/04
BATCH NUMBER: R3/A312-59
Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being part
of our promotional program.
Sincerely,
THE LOTTERY COORDINATOR,
LUCKY STRIKE LOTTERY UK
12 BRIDGE STREET,
STAINES MIDDLESEX TW18 4TP UK
N.B: Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result
to disqualification. Please do not reply to this mail box. Contact your
claims agent immediately.



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