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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 NATIONAL PROMO" <notification@uk-national.org>
Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 18:45:04 +0000
Subject: NOTIFICATION OF WINNINGS




The National Lottery
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369

WINNING NOTIFICATION:
We happily announce to you the draw (#963) of the UK
NATIONAL LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes International program held on
Wednesday 16th of March, 2005.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:
56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the
lucky numbers:
03-07-09-21-35-39 (bonus no.32), 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 £186,532 (one hundred and eighty six thousand, five hundred and
thirty two pounds sterling) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.
This is from a total cash prize of £746,128 shared amongst
the(4)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.
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 £186,532 (one hundred
and eighty six thousand, five hundred and thirty two pounds
sterling)will be released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe.
Our European 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 claim 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.
To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary
agent:
Mr. Hendrikje Saskia
Tel: 44 703 194 1135
Fax: 44 709 286 1055
Email: h_sasky@usa.com
You can go to our online result site to confirm the
value of your winnings and also get a prize breakdown:-
<http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/p/results/results.do>
<http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/p/results/results.do>
Congratulations from me and members of staff of
THE NATIONAL LOTTERY.
Yours faithfully,
JEFFERY ADRIAN (PROF.)
Online coordinator for THE NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program.


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