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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: notification-to-u@tiscali.co.uk
Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2005 02:05:29 +0100
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS DEAR WINNER








FROM: THE MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS / PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT.
SUITE 23-30, LION TOWERS
CENTRAL LONDON
ENGLAND.
http://www.lottery.co.uk/res/

FINANCE MANAGER,
HERITAGE FINANCE SECURITY
PLAINS HERITAGE CENTRE HOUSE
642 HIGH ROAD, LEYTONSTONE
GREATER LONDON E113AA, UK.
http://lottery.merseyworld.com/Winning_index.html
http://national-lottery.co.uk

The Marina Offices,
The National Lottery
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L650 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
E-mail:NATIONAL_LOTTERY20052006@YAHOO.CO.UK



FINNAL WINNING NOTIFICATION:
INTERNATIONAL/PRIZE AWARD DEPT
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369
Attn: Dear Sir/Madam


FINNAL WINNING NOTIFICATION:

WINNING NOTIFICATION

We happily announce to you the draw (#988) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY, online
Sweepstakes International program held on Friday 10 June, 2005. It is yet
to be unclaimed and you are getting the final NOTIFICATION as regards this.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial
number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: 01-02-18-25-34-45(bonus no.31), 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 £1,000,000 (One
Million Pounds Sterling) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.

This is from a total cash prize of £6,000,000 shared amongst the (6) 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 £1,000,000 (One Million 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 her. 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:
Overseas Claims Unit
United Kingdom Lottery Fiduciary


The National Lottery
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L650 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
Contact Person: MR WILLIAM WILCOX
Email: williamswilcox_claimagent @yahoo.co.uk
Tel :+44 703-190-2756
+44 703-190-2758


Endeavor to email/fax him the following Details:
Your Full names:
Winning numbers:
Email address:
Telephone /fax numbers:
Age:
Country:

Our winners are assured of the utmost standards of confidentiality, and
press anonymity until the end of proceedings, and beyond where they so desire.
Be further advised to maintain the strictest level of confidentiality until
the end of proceedings to circumvent problems associated with fraudulent
claims. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming
and unwarranted abuse of this program.
Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically
disqualified.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
At your disposal, we remain.

Yours Sinerely,
SMITH BRYANS
for the Manager





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