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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: "rose woods" <hlflotteryuk885@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 01:56:16 -0900
Subject: HERITAGE LOTTERY FUNDS PROMOTIONS

HERITAGE LOTTERY FUNDS PROMOTIONS
7 Holbein Place, London, SW1W 8NR
United Kingdom

FROM: THE DESK OF THE DIRECTOR PROMOTIONS,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
REF: HLF/66-CAW662005

Dear Winner,
We are pleased to announce you as one of the 6 lucky winners in the HERITAGE
LOTTERY FUNDS draw held on 3rd of OCTOBER 2005. All 6 winning addresses
were randomly selected from a batch of 40,000 international emails.
Your email address emerged alongside 5 others as a 3rd category winner in
this month's draw.

Consequently, you have therefore been approved for a total pay out of
£1,600,000 Pounds( one million Six hundred thousand pounds) only. The
following particulars are attached to your lottery payment order:

(i) Winning numbers: 35, 19, 20, 31, 18, 41
(ii) Email ticket number: 205-0-4051
(iii) Lottery batch number: 311-4GD
(iv) File Ref. number: HLF/66-CAW662005

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

James Wright,
7 Holbein Place, London, SW1W 8NR United Kingdom
Email: hlflotteryuk888@excite.com


For as speedy processing of your claims, please include the following
information in your mail to your claims officer, the enclosed form therein
been the claims application form:

Payment And Release Order Form

This Form Should Be Completed By The Beneficiary Of The Stated Fund, For
Verification Before Transfer.

1. Name in full
2. Address
3. Nationality
4. Age
5. Occupation
6. Sex
7. Phone/Fax
8. Amount Won


Once again on behalf of all our staff, CONGRATULATIONS!!!


Sincerely,
MRS ROSE WOODS
THE DIRECTOR PROMOTIONS,
HERITAGE LOTTERY FUND

N.B:
1.All claims are nullified after 20 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.Please do not reply to this email. Contact your claims agent.
_______________________________________________________________________

The INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT, UK. is proudly
sponsored by financial Corp's,the Euro American group and a conglomeration
of other international IT companies. and is organized to encourage the use
of the internet and computers worldwide. We are proud to say that over 200
Million Pounds are won annually in more than 150 countries worldwide.


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