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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: =?iso-8859-1?q?john=20lotter?= <john_lottery_1@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2006 16:50:44 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Winning Notification


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: john_lottery_1@yahoo.co.uk

DNL-GH

Department of National Lottery

28-30 February Road Accra Ghana

P. O Box 1139 Accra Ghana


We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Lottery Winners

International programs held on the 22/2/2006. Your e-mail address

attached

to ticket number:310878GH655BE which consequently won in the 1st

category,

you have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of

US$2,000,000.00

(Two Million United States dollars).


CONGRATULATIONS!!! Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that

you

keep your winning information confidential until your claims has been

processed and your money Remitted to you.


This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and

unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants.


All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn

from

over 60,000 company and 40,000,000 individual email addresses and

names

from all over the world. This promotional program takes place

quarterly

every year. This lottery was promoted and sponsored by a group of

successful electronic dealers.we hope with part of your winning,you

will

take part in our next year US$20 million international lottery.


To file for your claim, please contact our Claims Agent with the below

contact information: Contact Person: Mr.john Pears (Claims Agent)

Email:

contact_john@k.ro



Please confirm to our Claims Agent with your personal information:


1. Your Full Name

2. Contact Address

3. Telephone Number

4. Fax Number

5. Country of Resident

6. Your Winning Ticket Number

7. Occupation

8. Age


Remember, all winning must be claimed not later than 21 days from the

first

date of this Notification. After this date all unclaimed funds will be

included in the next stake.


Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications

please

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 from our members of staff and thank you for

being

part of our promotional program.


Yours Sincerely,

Dr. Smith Khan

Zonal Cordinator

DNL World Wide




- john lotter


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