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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: "carol hunter" <carolhunter10@msn.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 11:09:20 +0000
Subject: YOU HAVE WON THE NATIONAL LOTTERY

THE NATIONAL LOTTERY
AN CRANNCHUR NAISIUNTA
An Post National Lottery Company.
www.lotto.ie

We are pleased to inform you of the result of The National Lottery Email
Program
has been released.Your Email address attached to ticket number 5-4-3-2-1-0
with
serial number 2113-05 drew the lucky numbers 03 04 08 12 27 36 which
consequently won the lottery in the 1st category.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum payout of 1,000,000.00 (One
Million Euros) in cash credited to file EAASL/941OYI/02/STXN.
This is from a total cash prize of 50 Million Euros shared amongst the first
fifty (50) lucky winners in this category.

All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
25,000 names and email addresses from all continent of the world as part of
our
international promotions program which we conduct twice every year

To begin your claim please contact your claims agent:

Mr.Erick Doray
Claims Agent Asian District
Bangkok Thailand.
Phone: +66-988-51-406
Email: claimsagentdoray1@walla.com

Your claims agent will assist you in the processing for the remittance of
your
prize funds pending on your choice of payment.

Note that all prize funds must be claimed not later than One month.
After this date all funds will be returned to the LOTTERY TREASURY as
unclaimed.
In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications,please endeavor to
quote
your Reference (TNL/776/05/EGS) and Batch numbers (02/01/0078) in every
correspondence with your agent. Furthermore, should there be any change in
your
address, do inform your claims agent as soon as possible.

Congratulations once again from all members of our staff and thanks for
being
part of our promotions program.

Yours faithfully,
Mrs.Carol Hunter.
Promotions Manager
THE NATIONAL LOTTERY.


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