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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: jming.co-asiacasino@handbag.com
Date: Sat, 14 May 2005 11:30:51 +0200
Subject: YOU ARE A WINNER OF FIRST CATEGORY DRAWS!

FROM: THE OFFICE OF THE LOTTERY COORDINATOR,
ASIA CASINO LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMM / PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
Nº 1907, Futuran Plaza,644 How Ming Street, Kwun Tong, Hong Kong.

14th May 2005

DEAR WINNER,

WINNER OF FIRST CATEGORY DRAWS
Congratulations to you as we bring to your notice, the results of the 1st
Category draws of ASIA CASINO LOTTERY PROGRAMM.

We are happy to inform you that you have emerged as a winner under the first
Category, which is part of our promotional draws.
The draws were held on Friday 6th May,2005 and results are being
officially announced today.

Participants were selected through a computer ballot system
drawn from 300,000 names/email addresses of individuals and companies from
Africa, America, Asia, Australia, Europe, Middle East, and Oceania as part
of our International Promotions Program.

You, attached to ticket number 572000, with serial number 009888 drew the
winning numbers 10-17-29-33-41-55 which consequently won in the first Category.

You have therefore been awarded a lump sum pay out of $ 1,250,000.00
(ONE MILLION TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND US DOLLARS),which is the winning
payout for 1st Category winners.
This is from the total prize money of $15,000,000.00 (FIFTEEN MILLION DOLLARS)shared
among (12) Twelve winners of different categories.CONGRATULATIONS!

Your fund is now deposited with our International Funds Transfer agents DKV
INSURANCE & SECURITY LIMTED and has been insured in your name. In your best
interest and also to avoid mix up of numbers and names of any kind, we request
that you keep the entire details of your award strictly from public notice
until the process of transferring your claims has been completed, and your
funds remitted to your account.

This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or
unscrupulous acts by participants/no participants of this program.
We also wish to bring to your notice our end of year premium stakes
draw where you stand a chance of winning up to $25,000 000.00 million
Dollars,that will be shared amongst 10 winners worldwide, we hope that with
a part of your prize you will participate.

Please contact your claims agent immediately for due processing and
remittance of your Prize money to a bank account of your choice:

MR.DEMMION LAWRENCE
FINANCE MANAGER,
DKV INSURANCE & SECURITY LTD
32 JiaXing Tower
HuBin DongLu,XiaMen, China
TEL:0086 134 2507 0922,
Email:dkvinsurance62@netscape.net

You are advised to contact your agent by email or Telephone within Two weeks
of receiving this notice. Failure to do so may warrant immediate disqualification.

NOTE: For easy reference and identification, find below your reference and
batch numbers,remember to quote these numbers in every one of your correspondence
with your claims agent.

REF. NO. LDNL/1200773/05.
BACTH NO: LDNL/119642/05.

Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being part
of our promotions program.

Sincerely,
Jon Ming Lou
ONLINE CORDINATOR,
ASIA CASINO LOTTERY INTERNATIONA.

N.B: Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will
result to disqualification,please do not reply to this mail.
Contact your transfer agent immediately.


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Book yourself something to look forward to in 2005.
Cheap flights - http://www.tiscali.co.uk/travel/flights/
Bargain holidays - http://www.tiscali.co.uk/travel/holidays/



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