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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: "Henry Thomas" <henrythomas333@msn.com>
Reply-To: chwl0@walla.com
Date: Tue, 08 Nov 2005 20:51:25 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS YOU HAVE WON!!!

LUCKY DAY LOTTERY
NIEUWE ZIJDS VOORBURGWAL, NL- 1009 CEH
AMSTERDAM NETHERLANDS
REF NUMBER: NHL/653/029/03/SA
BATCH NUMBER: AT-040-SB06.
www.luckyday.nl

CLAIMS AGENT:
MRS.CHERRY WILLIAMS
Prime Securities and Vault Services.
chwl0@walla.com

DEAR SIR/MADAM,

We are pleased to inform you, THAT AS A RESULT OF OUR
RECENT LOTTERY DRAWS HELD on the 25th of Octomber, 2005.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket
number: 27511465896-6410 with serial number 4204-777
drew lucky numbers 5-21-23-34-61-72 which consequently
won in the 1st category. You have therefore been
approved for a lump sum pay out of 1,500,000 (EUROS)
(One MILLION, Five hundred thousand EUROS)
Note that All participants in this lottery program
have been selected randomly through a computer ballot
system drawn from over 200,000 companies and
30,000,000 individual email addresses from all
search engines and web sites. This promotional program takes
place every year, and is promoted and sponsored by
eminent personalities like the Sultan of Brunei, Bill
Gates of Microsoft Inc and other corporate
organizations. This is to encourage the use of the
internet and computers worldwide.

For security purposes and clarity, we advise that you
keep your winning information confidential until your
claims have been processed and your money remitted to
you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid
double claims and unwarranted abuse of this program by
some participants. We look forward to your
active participation in our next year USD50 million slot.
You are requested to contact your claims clearance
officer as named below, to assist you with the
processing of your winnings and subsequent payments.
All winnings must be claimed not later than one month
after the date of this notice.

Please note, in order to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications, remember to quote your reference number
and batch number in all correspondence. Furthermore,
should there be any change of address do inform our
agent as soon as possible.
Congratulations once more and thank you for being part
of our promotional program.
NOTE: YOU ARE AUTOMATICALLY DISQUALIFIED IF YOU ARE
BELOW 18 YEARS OF AGE.

Sincerely yours,
Mr.Henry Thomas,
(LOTTERY COORDINATOR)

CLAIMS AGENT:
MRS.CHERRY WILLIAMS
Prime Securities and Vault Services.
chwl0@walla.com


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