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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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Please note about this email:

Fraud email example:

From: "INFO LUCKY DEEP" <info-luckydeep-incc@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: luckydeep-inc@london.com
Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 01:20:40 -0800
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION




LUCKY DEEP LOTTO INCOPERATED
LONDON.12 BRIDGE STREET,
STAINES MIDDLESEX TW18 4TP UK
REF NUMBER: LDL/653/029/03
BATCH NUMBER: AT-040-SB06-03

WINNING NOTIFICATION

DEAR SIR/MADAM,

On behalf of the Management of LUCKY DEEP LOTTO INCOPERATED We are pleased to announce to you, "THAT AS A RESULT OF OUR RECENT" Lottery DRAWS HELD Last month, Your e-mail address attached to ticket number 27522465896-532 with serial number 652-662 drew lucky numbers 7-14-18-23-31-45 which consequently won in the 2nd category. you have therefore been approved for alump sum pay out of 1,000,000 (POUNDS) (ONE MILLION POUNDS) note that All participants in this lottery program have been selected randomly through a computer ballot system drawn from over 20,000 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, Microsoft Inc. and other corporate organizations this is to encourage the use of the internet and computers worldwide.For security purpose 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 millions lot.You are requested to contact our clearance officer below to assist you with 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 an complications,remember to quote your reference number and batch numbers 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.NO CALLS AFTER 6 P.M (GMT)


Sincerely yours,

BENNY BRUCE
(LOTTERY COORDINATOR)

YOU ARE ADVICE TO CONTACT THE WINNERS DEPARTMENT FOR YOUR CLAIM WITH THE INFORMATION BELOW:

MR PAUL ROBERTSON.
FOREIGN DEPARTMENT MANAGER,
CASH CHANGE UK LTD
EMAIL ADDRESS: luckydeep-inc@london.com
TEL:44-7040-120-772.
FAX:44-87-1247-0387

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