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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: Australian Lottery <lottery_20002007@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:49:30 -0800 (PST)
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS


Date 4/04/2006
Ref: 475061725
Batch: 7056490902/188
Winning no: GB8701/LPRC
CONGRATULATIONS
Dear Winner
We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on the 4th of
April.
2006 from the Australian International Lottery programme.
Which is fully based on an electronic selection of winners using
their
e-mail addresses.Your name was attached to ticket number; 47061725
07056490902,serial number 7741137002 This batch draws the lucky numbers
as
follows 5-13-33-37-42bonus number 17,which consequently won the lottery
in
the second category.
All participant were selected through a computer balloting system drawn
form
Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses from Canada,Australia, United
States,
Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our
international
promotions program which is conducted annually.
You here by have been approved a lump sum pay of US$400,000.00 (FOUR
HUNDRED
THOUSAND DOLLARS) in cash credit file ref: ILP/HW 47509/02 from the
total
cash prize shared among eight lucky winners in this category.
Australian Lottery winners tourism visit coming up next month in which
we
will provide all winners with free visa to Europe, free hotel
accommodations, free air ticket and lost of gift on their arrival.once
you
receive your prize do let us know so as to enable our International
Attorney
proceed to obtain the necessary documents for your visa to Europe as
more
information’s will soon be given to you.and do contact your agent Rev.
Fr.
Roberto Donald where you have
questions.
This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomorate of some
multinational companies as part of their social, responsibility to the
citizens in the commmunities where they have operational base.
Further more your details(e-mail address) falls within our European AND
African representative office in Nigeria,,as indicated in your play
coupon
and your prize of US$400,000.00 will be released to you from this
regional
branch office in NIGERIA. We hope with part of your prize, you will
participate in our end of year high stakes for US$1.3 Billion
international
draw. HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE: Simply
contact our fiducial agent,
REV.FR. bandu konowa.
at: bandu_konowa@hotmail.com. to file for your claim . Please quote your
reference,batch and winning number which can be found on the top left
corner
of this notification as well as your full name, address and telephone
number
to help locate your file easily. For security reasons, we advice all
winners
to keep this information confidential from the public until your claim
is
processed and your prize released to you.
This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted taking advantage of this programme by non-participant or
unofficial personnel. Note, all winnings MUST be claimed by the 15th of
April 2006;
otherwise all funds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually
donated to
charity.
Congratulations once again on your wining.
PLEASE REPLY TO THIS EMAIL.CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT
AT:bandu_konowa@hotmail.com
ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF THE WINNERS WILL RESULT TO
DISQUALIFICATION.


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