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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: uk_lottery2@zipmail.com.br
Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 11:08:15 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?CONGRATULATION?=

UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
Support Center
Bevan House
51 Bevan Avenue
Conwy LL28 5AF
United Kingdom
FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
REF: UKNL/26510460037/04
BATCH: 24/00319/IPD
ATTENTION: Sir/Madam
RE/AWARD NOTIFICATION: FINAL NOTICE
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement Today, 1st March
2005, of winners of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY, THE UNITED KINGDOM
INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS held on 29th december 2004 in Croydon,London.
You email address was attached to ticket number 023-0148-790-459, with serial
number 5063-11 drew The lucky numbers 43-11-44-37-10-43, and consequently
Won you the lottery in the 2nd category. You have therefore been approved
for a lump sum pay Of $2,500,000.00(Two million,five hundred thousand united
states dollars) in cash cre dited to file REF NO. UKNL/26510460037/04. This
is from total prize money Of $25,000,000.00 shared among the ten International
winners in this category. All participants were selected randomly from World
Wide Website through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000
companies as part
of International Promotions Program, which is conducted annually.
Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet
representative office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon. In view
of this, your $2,500,000.00 united states dollars would be released to you
by our preferred payment center in London.
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 cl aim your prize. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid
double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous
elements. Please be warned. This is part of our
security protocol to avoid Double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants
Of this program. To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary Agent;
MR LORDMAN WALTER
Email: uk_national_lottery1@yahoo.co.uk
UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.
For due processing and remittance of your prize Money, please
remember to quote your Reference and batch numbers in every one of
your Correspondences with your agent. Remember, all prize money must be
claimed not later Than 5th March 2005. After this date, all funds
will Be returned as unclaimed. Furthermore, should there be any Change of
your
address; do
inform your claims agent As soon as possible. Congratulations again
from all our staff and thank You for being part of our promotional lottery

program.
Sincerely,
Dr Martin Jerry,
Zonal Co-ordinator
www.national-lottery.com






















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