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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: "ROTARY PROMO" <rotarypromo45@tiscali.ch> (may be fake)
Reply-To: ian_smith_2005@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 4 Jan 1980 03:41:50 -0500
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION

FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER.
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS / PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
REF NUMBER: 2551256003/03.
BATCH NUMBER: 12/0002/IPD.

After a successful completion of the 2nd category draws of ROTARY STAKES PROMO, We are pleased to inform you of the result today, 26th of November, 2004 winners of the ROTARY STAKES PROMO / INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS held on the 14th of November , 2004. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number 111-2465-2000-100 with serial number 3543-07 drew lucky numbers 12-16-22-39-39-43 which consequently won in the 2nd category, you have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of (5,000,000.00 Euro)

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

For security purpose and clarity, we advise that you keep your winninginformation confidential until your claims have been processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants. All participants were selected through a computer ballot
system drawn from over 20,000 companies and 30,000,000 individual email addresses and names from all over the world. This program takes place every year and we look forward to your active participation in our end of year 10 Million EURO Slot.


Note that, all winnings must be claimed not later than three weeks after notification. After this date all unclaimed funds will be null and void. Congratulations once more and thank you for being part of this program. You are advised to contact your claims agent on the procedure to claim your winnings.

(IAN SMITH AND ASSOCIATES)

Email:- ian_smith_2005@yahoo.com
Sincerely yours,

MANAGING DIRECTOR:
MR.ANTHONY JAMES
(ROTARY STAKES PROMO) NL.


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