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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT <claimsagentdepartment04@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2006 18:03:47 +0100
Subject: REFRENCE:UK/776090X2/23

FROM:UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,
2 LANSDOWNE ROW,BERKELEY SQUARE,
LONDON,W1J 6H,
UNITED KINGDOM.

SUBJECT:WINNING NOTIFICATION

We happily announce to you the Draw (#942) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,online UK National Lottery program held on 4th November 2006.Youre-mail address attached to Ticket Number: 8603775966738 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the Winning Numbers:02,06,18,36,37,44(bonus no.19),which subsequently won you the lottery in the 1st category i.e match 19 plus
bonus.

You have been approved to claim total sum of £2,500,000 (Two Million FIVE Hundred ThousandPounds Sterling) in cash credited to file.Thisis from a total cash prize of £16,102,556 ,shared amongst the Winners with different amount won in this category.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.

Your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon.In view of this, your £2,500,000 will be released to you by our affilated bank here in UK.

Our Finance Department will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact our Finance Department.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 deemfit to claim your prize.

To file for your claim,Please contact our Fiduciary Agent for Processing of your winning.
**************************************************
REV. WILLIAMS BROWN
FINANCE DEPARTMENT
UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
2 LANSDOWNE ROW,BERKELEY SQUARE,
LONDON,W1J 6H,
UNITED KINGDOM.
EMAIL:claimsagentdepartment04@yahoo.co.uk
**************************************************
Please do remember,all winning must be claimed not later than two weeks of this notification to enable us register you to our website as a winner.After this time all unclaimed funds will be included in the next stake.

Note:Remember to send the following detail below to FINANCE DEPARTMENT for validation of your winnings.

FULL NAMES...................................................
CONTACT ADDRESS........................................
TEL/FAX NUMBERS.........................................
AGE.................................................................
SEX..................................................................
OCCUPATION.................................................
NEXT OF KIN..................................................
COUNTRY........................................................
AMOUNT WON................................................
WINNING EMAIL.............................................
REFRENCE:UK/776090X2/23
BATCH:013/05/8394369
WINNING NUMBER:02,06,18,36,37,44
TICKET NUMBER:8603775966738

Yours faithfully,
Alice Dobson(Mrs)
Online Coordinator for THE NATIONAL LOTTERY

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