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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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Please note about this email:

Fraud email example:

From: "Bertron Hill" <info@planetonlinegames.net>
Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2005 23:27:44 +0000
Subject: ****WINNING NOTIFICATION***


The National Lottery Logo...............
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 (#975) of the UK NATIONAL
LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes International program held on wednesday 20th
july, 2005. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:
56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: 04, 29, 39, 41, 43, 45, bonus42.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 £135,256 (One hundred and thirty five thousand,two hundred and fifty six
 pound sterling) in cash credited to file
KTU/9023118308/03.This is from a total cash prize of £946,792 shared
amongst
the (7) 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 £135,256 (One hundred and thirty five
 thousand,two hundred and fifty six  pound sterling)  would 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 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.
To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent: Mrs.
Susie Reinherd,Email: ukonline_1fiduciary04
Goodluck from me and members of staff of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.
 
Yours faithfully,
Mr. Richard K. Lloyd
Online coordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY Sweepstakes International Program

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