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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "powerball lottery" <powerball2006lotterygame6@msn.com>
Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2006 01:06:19 +0000
Subject: NOTICE OF CONSOLATION PRIZE WINNING

 
 
 

                                         POWERBALL LOTTO. BV
                                      POWERBALL-WHEEL E-GAME 2006
 
Dear Consolation Prize Winner,
 
NOTICE OF CONSOLATION PRIZE WINNING
 
This email confirms that you have been notified of by the POWERBALL INTER
LOTTO BV The Netherlands of your email lottery winning for 2005 Powerball
Lotto - Wheel E-game held on 25th october 2005.
 
We wish to congratulate you on the selection of your email coupon number
which was selected among the 45 lucky consolation prize winners.
Your email ID identified with Coupon No.PBL2348974321 and was selected by
Electronic Random Selection System (ERSS) with entries from the 50,000
different email addresses enrolled for the Lotto-Wheel E-game.
Your email ID included among the 50,000 different email addresses where
submitted by our partner international email provider companies.
 
Prize Ref No.:  PBL/CN/6654/CP
Lottery Group: Consolation Prize Group
Prize Amount:  US $500,000 Five Hundred Thousand Dollars Only
 
You are required to file claims for your lottery prize winning by contacting
the Lottery Claims Processing Officer with your winning information provided
above.
 
Lottery Claims Officer:
Name:    Mr.Sean Thompson
Email:  
seanthompson@myway.com
Tel:     0031616064746 or +31616064746
Fax:     0031620579576 or +31620579576
 
Congratulations once again from all our staffs on your consolation prize
winning, we hope you will partake in our forth coming Powerball Lotto-Wheel
Email-games.
 
Yours truly,
 
Mrs.Birgit Romio
(Lottery Co-ordinator
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