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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: "uklotto uklotto" <uklotto101@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 16:34:28 +0100
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION:

The UK National Lottery
P.O BOX 1010,Liverpool
L70 1NL
United Kingdom.

Ref: LSUK/2031/8161/05
Batch: R3/A312-59

WINNING NOTIFICATION:

Dear


We happily announce to you the draw (#948) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,
online Sweepstakes International Program held on Saturday 20th August 2005.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial
number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: 05,15,23,30,34,42,14 which
subsequently won you one of the five Jackpot prizes. You have therefore been
approved to claim a total sum of £3,000,000 (Three Million Pounds Sterling)
in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.
All participants for the online version were selected randomly from the
World Wide Web through a 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 £3,000,000 would be released to you by any of our payment offices
in Europe.

Please contact the underlisted claims officer as soon as possible for
the immediate release of your winnings:

Mr. Todd Robert
Email: uklotto_101@yahoo.co.uk
Tel: +44-704-011-2428



He will be incharge of providing you with the Certificate and all other
relevant documents/paperwork. You would be required to show an instrument of
identification when cashing your cheque i.e. Drivers license or
International passport. 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.

N.B:
1.All claims are nullified after 10 working days from today.
2.Your Ref number must be in all your mails with the claims officer.
3.Do inform the claims officer of any change of names or addresses.
4.All winners under the age of 18 are automatically dis-qualified.

Good luck from me and members of staff of the U.K NATIONAL LOTTERY.

Yours faithfully,
Selena Hary.
Online Co-coordinator for U.K NATIONAL LOTTERY Sweepstakes International
Program

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