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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: " Ms.Sato Asuka- Kobayashi " <japanlakefields@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 06:32:15 +0200
Subject: AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION!

Award Department.
Japan/Lakefields Email Lotto Programme
4-9 Hirakawa-cho, 2-chome
Chiyoda-ku, 102 Tokyo.
Japan.

Attn:-Winner,

We are pleased to inform you of the release of the long awaited results of

the JAPAN/LAKEFIELDS EMAIL LOTTO lottery programmes draws held on the 19th
May, 2007.

You were entered unaware as an independent participants with:
Ticket Number: 719-226-1319 with Serial Number-902-66.Your email address
attached to Lucky Draw number: 5, 12, 30, 11, 17,-43 with Bonus number 25
which consequently won the JAPAN/LAKEFILEDS EMAIL LOTTO lottery in the 3rd
category.

You have been approved for a payment of the sum US$1,500,000(One Million,
Five Hundred Thousand U.S.Dollars.) in cash credited to file Reference
number: JEL/BCC 00078653. This is from a total cash prize of
US$15,000,000.00{Fifteen Million U.S.

Dollars} shared among the ten International winners in the 3rd categories.

All participants were randomly selected through a computer ballot system
drawn from 25,000 names of email users around the world, as part of their
yearly international promotion program ,this programme is sponsored by the

conglomeration of multi national Companies in Japan.

Due to mix up of some names and addresses, we urge you to keep this
winning
personal and discreet until your claims have been processed and your funds

remitted to you, this is part of our security measures to avoid double
claiming or unwarranted abuse of the system by other participants or
impersonators. Your lucky Draw number fell under our European coupon
booklet, thus

your winning prize sum is now deposited in a special account with the
OFFICIAL approved European Bank based in Holland-Netherlands- Bank-POST

BANK NL. To begin your claim, DO NOT contact us, instead contact the
approved
paying bank as they will guide you step by step until your winning prize
is
paid to you.

Hendricks Van Boer.
Processing Department
Post Bank NL
Centurion Bouwmeestraat 123, 1065 BB Amsterdam - Netherlands.
Web-Site:-www.postbank.nl
Email address:- hvbpostbanknl@aol.com


Also give him the following information:-

YOUR FULL NAMES:-
CONTACT STREET ADDRESS:-
TELEPHONE NUMBERS-OFFICE/MOBILE:-
FAX NUMBER:-
OCCUPATION:-
YOUR AGE:-
REF Number: JEL/BCC/07865.
BATCH No: - JEL /98657/ BCC

Your security file number is JEL2090/WIN/20067(keep personal).Remember,
your winning must be claimed not later than 16th June, 2007.Failure to
claim your winning prize will obviously mean that your winning prize will
be
re-staked in our next

Lottery draws, so ensure that the needful is done now and quickly too. Once

again, accept our profound and sincere

Congratulations on your winning.
Yours Sincerely,
Ms.Sato Asuka- Kobayashi
{Online Co-Ordinator}




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