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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: Uklottomanager30 Debbie <Duklottomanager30@email.ro>
Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 10:01:29 +0200
Subject: you are OUR LUCKY WINNER!!!



DE NATIONAL LOTTERY
PO BOX 1010
LIVERPOOL
L70 1NL


FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
REF NO:EEA555125680213 AND BATCH NO: 54/001/AYE

ATTENTION: Sir/Madam,

RE/AWARD NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today of winners of
DENATIONAL LOTTO PROGRAMS held on the 18TH FEBUARY, 2005 as part of our FIRST
QUARTER of the year bonanza.

You or your company, attached to ticket number 034-1416-4612-750,with
serialnumber 6521-11drew the lucky numbers 47-44-20-24-39-43, and consequently
won the lottery in category C.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of US$9,000,000
(Ninemillion united states dollars) in cash credited to file REF
NO:EEA555125680213

This is from total prize money of US$90,000,000.00 shared among 10 winners
inthis category. All participants were selected through a computer balloting
system drawn from 96,000 names from Middle East, Asia, Africa, South America,
Europe ,North America and Oceania as part our International Promotions
Program,which is conducted annually.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Your fund is now deposited with BARCLAYS FINANCE SECURITY ,Due to the mix up
of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this award strictly from
public notice until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to
your account. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or
unscrupulous acts by participants of this program.

We hope with a part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year
high stakes US$1.3 billion International Lottery.

To begin your claim, please contact your claims agent;



MR. RAYMOND STEIN
ACCOUNT DIRECTOR
BARCLAYS FINANCE SECURITY
SATELLITE PHONE:+8821646652944
TELEPHONE:+447040101817
FAX:+447092807619
EMAIL:raymondstein27@graffiti.net
raymondstein17@mail.com





for due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated account
of your choice.

Remember, you must contact BARCLAYS FINANCE SECURITY not later than 14
(FOURTEEN)banking days upon receipt of this notification. After this date, all
funds will be returned as unclaimed. All correspondences to MR.RAYMOND STEIN,
either by fax or email, should have this EMAIL sent along with it and also,
your FULL ADDRESS,YOUR COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE and your EMAIL ADDRESS to which
this email is sent,should be clearly and BOLDLY WRITTEN IN YOUR RESPONSE with
your claims agent.

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember
to quote your reference and batch numbe rs in every one of your
correspondences with BARCLAYS FINANCE SECURITY. Furthermore, should therebe
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
promotions program.

Sincerely,

Debbie Molina
THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
DE NATIONAL LOTTERY,UK

N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result
to disqualification. Please do not reply to this mail. Contact your claims
agent.


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