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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: prizealert@terra.com.mx
Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2005 23:29:27 +0100
Subject: Prize Alert for Anglo/Fronco Lottery Winners

DEAR WINNER,

After a successful completion of the third category draws of ANGLO/FRANCO
INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY, held on 2nd APRIL, 2005, we are pleased to inform
you of the official announcement today, that you have emerged one of the
winners of the ANGLO/FRANCO LOTTERY/INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS, which is part
of our promotional draws.

Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
25,000 email addresses of individuals and companies from Africa, America,
Asia, Australia, Canada, Europe, Middle East, and New Zealand as part of
our International Promotions Program.
Your email, attached to ticket number 714-5-9827, with serial number 14-83
drew the lucky numbers 03, 15, 23, 25,35, 40, (30), and consequently won
in the Third Category. You have therefore been awarded a lump sum pay out
of 1.2 million Great Britain Pounds(GBP) in cash, which is the winning payout
for each third category winner. This is from the total prize money of 19.2
million Great Britain Pounds(GBP) shared among the sixteen international
winners in the Third category. CONGRATULATIONS.
The entire payout for third category winners amounting to 19.2 million
Great Britain Pounds(GBP) is currently deposited in an escrow account with
our corresponding bank, the entire sum insured . To avoid mix up of numbers
and names of any kind, we request that you keep this award strictly from
public notice until the entire process of transfering your claims has been
completed, and your winnings remitted to you via one of the payment options
available to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double
claiming or unscrupulous ! a! cts by participants of this program.

We also wish to bring to your notice our end of year (2004) high stakes
where you stand a chance of winning up to 5 million Great Britain Pounds(GBP).
contact your claims agent immediately,to begin your claims
process;

MR RABIAS FLORIAN
CLAIMS DEPT. MANAGER,
ANGLO/FRANCO LOTTERY UK
EMAIL: rabiasflorian@uk2.net

For due processing and remittance of your prize money, remember, you must
contact your claims agent to commence claims process.

NOTE: To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to
quote your reference and batch numbers provided below in every one of your
correspondence with your claims agent.

REFERENCE NUMBER: A-F-I32198-00
BATCH NUMBER: 51513-AF

Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you

Sincerely,
THE LOTTERY COORDINATOR,
ANGLO/FRANCO LOTTERY UK.

N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the ! part! of the winners will
result to disqualification.
Do not reply to this mail.
Contact your claims agent


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