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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: "UNITED KINGDOM NATIONAL LOTTERY" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <andrainbayford.claimofficer@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2015 17:42:18 +0200
Subject: UK NATIONAL LOTTERY

The British National Lottery
3b Olympic Way, Sefton Business Park,
P O Box 1010
Aintree, Liverpool , L30 1RD.

Dear winner,

Welcome to the world of instant wins! We write to congratulate you for a Lottery winning, where your E-mail address has won One Million Five Hundred Thousand GBP (£1.5 Million) inthe British National Lottery Promotion with the Ref: UK/9420X2/68, Batch:074/05/ZY369 and Lucky Drew numbers: 13,22,28,45 (Bonus 33) won you the lottery
price in the 3rd category.

For claims, contact Mr. Andrain Bayford, telephone number:+447 440 667 922, Fax:+447 440 667 922.

Claims Requirements:

1. Names:
2. Address:
3. Nationality:
4. Age:
5. Occupation:
6. Phone/Fax:
7. Country:

*Staff of the British National Lottery are not to partake in this promotion.

Congratulations once again!

Best regards,

Mrs. Rita
McRichard.
Customer Service
UNITED KINGDOM NATIONAL LOTTERY
andrainbayford.claimofficer@yahoo.co.uk
https://www.national-lottery.co.uk/
Tel:+447 440 667 922
Fax:+447 440 667 922

All rights reserved @uk national lottery promotions 2015uknlp/01112/004 act.

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