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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: "GAMING ASSOCIATION" <walter_jwescorm@Investment-World.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 15:48:03 +1100
Subject: YOUR WINNING INFORMATION!!



FROM THE DESK OF THE DIRECTOR: INTERNATIONAL PRIZE AWARD DEPT
WINNING NOTIFICATION FOR CATEGORY "A" WINNER ONLY
ATTENTION!

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the last final annual draw of
our
LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL Programs.

The online cyber lotto draws was conducted from an exclusive list of
25,000,000 e-mail addresses of individuals and corporate institutions,
picked by an advanced automated random computer search from the internet. No
tickets were sold.

After this automated computer ballot, your e-mail address emerged as a
winner in the category "A" with the following numbers attached Reference
Number: GP 14-M-246-04,Batch Number: 573881545-NL/2005 and Ticket Number: PP
3502 /8707-01.

You are therefore to receive a star prize of One Million Three Hundred and
Twenty-four Thousand,Three Hundred and Sixty-five Great British Pounds
(GB£1,324,365.00) which amount a cash payout of Two Million Five Hundred
Thousand United States Dollars( $2,500,000.00.) from the total payout.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Your prize award has been insured to your e-mail address with the highest
level of Insurance policy called the IRREVOCABLE GUARANTEE OF PAYMENT BOND.

Your cash prize will be transferred to you upon meeting our requirements,
statutory obligations, verifications, validations and satisfactory report.

To file in for the processing of your prize winnings, you are advised to
contact our Certified and Accredited claims agent for category "A" winners
with the information below:

************************************************
Name: Chris Johnson
Tel: +44 795 658 3482
Email: claimsofficer_cj@yahoo.co.uk

************************************************

You are advice to provide him with the following information:

Names:
Telephone/Fax number:
Nationality:
Age:

NOTE: All winnings must be claimed not later than 14 days;
thereafterunclaimed funds would be included in the next stake. Remember to
quote your reference information in all correspondence.

You are to keep all lottery information confidential, especially your
reference and ticket numbers. (This is important as a case of double claim
will not be tolerated).

Members of affiliated agencies are PROHIBITED from participating in this
program.

******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******


Regards,

Walter Jones.
Lottery Coordinator.






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