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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: "helen mallback" <mallback14@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 19:38:01 +0200
Subject: YOU HAVE WON WITH TICKET NR: 8099452114

YOU HAVE WON WITH TICKET NR: 8099452114
WEBMAIL SUPERBALL PROMOTIONS.
FORWARD YOUR DETAILS!!
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT

REFERENCE NUMBER: SW/90/0021/7896/56
BATCH NUMBER: 34/0065/KJY

RESULTS FOR CATEGORY "A" DRAWS
Congratulations to you as we bring to your notice, the results of the
Second Category draws of THE MICRO/STAAT PROMO INT. We are happy to inform
you that you have emerged a winner under the First Category, which is part
of our promotional draws. The draws are being officially announced today
26th of June, 2006. Participants were selected through a computer ballot
system drawn from 2,500,000 email addresses of individuals and companies
from Africa, America, Asia, Australia,Europe, Middle East, and Oceania as
part of our International Promotions Program.

Your e-mail address, attached to Ticket Nr: 8099452114
with serial number 5772-54 drew the lucky numbers 3-4-17-28-35-44 and
consequently won in the First Category.
You have therefore been awarded a lump sum pay out of 1,000,000 (One Million
United States Dollars), which is the winning payout for Category A winners.
This is from the total prize money from 2,000,000 shared among the 2 winners
in this category CONGRATULATIONS!
Your fund is now deposited with the paying Bank, in your best interest to
avoid mix up of numbers and names of any kind, we request that you keep the
entire details of your award strictly from public notice until the process
of transferring your claims has been completed, and your funds remitted to
your account.
This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or
unscrupulous acts by participants/nonparticipants of this program.
Please contact your claims agent immediately for due processing and
remittance of your prize money to a designated account of your choice:

You are advised to contact the agents by email.
Failure to do so may warrant disqualification.
NOTE: For easy reference and identification, find below your Reference and
Batch numbers.
Remember to quote these numbers in your correspondence with your claims
agent.

REFERENCE NUMBER: SW/90/0021/7896/56
BATCH NUMBER: 34/0065/KJY

To file for your claim,please contact the fiduciary agent.
****************************************************************************
Mr.Abel van Haarlem.
AMERSFOORT,THE NETHERLANDS.
TEL: 0031-630-922-715
TEL/FAX:0031-847-301-512
Reply Email: superball006@fastermail.com
****************************************************************************
Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being part
of our promotions program.

Sincerely Yours,
MRS.MARISKA ALLBACK
THE PROMOTION COORDINATOR,

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