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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: "Susan Anderson" <susan_and4u@msn.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 08:20:07 +0000
Subject: sweden lottery winner

The National Lottery
P O Box 201
Malmo, SE-211 20
SWEDEN
(Customer Services)
Ref: LSWE/2031/8161/04
Batch: R3/A312-59
Dear Winner,
We happily announce to you the draw (#1017) of the SWEDISH NATIONAL
LOTTERY,
online Sweepstakes International Program held on Fri 9th of December
2005.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 778900069 with Serial
number
5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: 01.23.33.35.40.42 . [25].
You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of €450,000 (Four
Hundred and Fifty Thousand Euro) in cash credited to file
SWE/9023174308/05.
All participants for the online version were selected randomly from the
World Wide Web through a computer draw system and extracted from over
100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed
online.
This promotion takes place weekly.
Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European
booklet
representative office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon. In
view of
this, your €450,000 would be released to you by any of our payment
offices
in Europe.
To file for your claim, please contact
Irene Sorbrings Email: Irsorbrings@msn.com
irene.sorbrings@aemail4u.com
Who will direct you on how to claim your winnings, that way your
Winnings
Certificate and all other relevant documents/paperwork can be prepared
for
you. You would be required to show an instrument of identification when
collecting the money i.e. Drivers license or International passport.
For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information
confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to
you in
whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize. This is part of our
precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of
this
program. Please be warned.
Good luck from me and members of staff of the SWEDISH NATIONAL LOTTERY.
Yours faithfully,
Susan Anderson (Mrs.)
Online coordinator for THE NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program.



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