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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: sasllotto@excite.it
Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2004 20:22:31 -0800
Subject: Congratulations

Serivedio Armelani Sweepstakes Lottery
Headquarters:
I.P.P Award Dept.
580 Rue Parmento
Stratti di Pamin
Milan
Italy

Ref: SASL/941OYI/04
Batch: 12/25/DC34

NOTIFICATION OF WINNING:

It is my sincere pleasure to announce to you the result of the draw of the
Serivedio Armelani
Sweepstakes Lottery International program held on the 6th of September 2004
in Torino, Italy.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 9345176003 with Serial number
A76850FE drew the lucky numbers: 56-769-764-881, which subsequently won
you the lottery in the 2nd category.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of 850,000 Euros(Eight
Hundred and Fifty Thousand Euros) in cash credited to file with file reference
number SASL/9080118308/03. This is from a total cash prize of 3.4 Million
Euros, shared amongst the first four (4) lucky winners in this category.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet
representative office in
Italy as indicated in your play coupon.

In view of this, your 850,000 Euros(Eight Hundred and Fifty Thousand Euros)
would be released to you by our security firm. Our European agent will immediately
commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as
you contact him.

All participants were selected randomly from the WorldWide Web through
a computer draw system using e-mail addresses obtained from our affiliate
companies. This promotion takes place annually.

For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential
till your claims are 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 by some unscrupulous elements. Please be warned.

To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent:

Dr. Franco Moat.
The SASL Trust
Email: frank_moat@excite.com

To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your reference/batch
numbers in any
correspondence with us or our designated agent.

Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this program. Thank
you for being part of our
promotional lottery program.

Sincerely,
Carl Arpatti
SASL Zonal Coordinator.



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