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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: "auslottery01 Gazeta.pl" <auslottery01@gazeta.pl>
Reply-To: mr.walkersmith2@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sat, 24 May 2008 11:02:22 +0100
Subject: CONGARTULATIONS!!!YOUR EMAIL HAVE WON $500,000.00 USD


*FROM THE DESK OF THE MANAGEMENT
Australian lottery Inc.
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRICE AWARD DEPARTMENT.
REF N: AUS/475061725
BATCH N: 7056490900/188

RE: AWARD NOTIFICATION/ FINAL NOTICE


CONGRATULATIONS!

National Australian Lottery Incorporated wishes to inform you the
results of the E-mail address ballot lottery international program by
Australia held last month, Your email account have been picked as a
winner of ($500,000.00} FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ONLY.

This result is now released to you on 24th May 2008. And your email
address attached in the A Category. All email addresses were selected
through a computer ballot system in which your email address was
selected as one of the lucky winners. Your lucky number is:
65098765AUand REF N:AUS/475061725.

Be advised to keep your winning information confidential {VERY
SECRET}until your claims have 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 fraudulent and scammers.

All winning must be claimed not later than 8th of June 2008. After thisdate
all unclaimed funds will be returned to Australia as unclaimed.Please note
in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please remember to
quote your reference number in all correspondence.

For the processing of your winning immediately please fill the form
below and submit to your claims agent: mr.walkersmith@yahoo.co.uk

MR.WALKER SMITH
EMAIL: mr.walkersmith2@yahoo.co.uk


Make sure all information is send to mr.Walker Smith correct and to
the best of your knowledge to avoid loosing your prize to someone else.

LOTTERY WINNERS APPLICATION FORM OF PAYMENT.

FULLNAME..................
BIRTH DATE.................
ADDRESS....................
SEX.......................
AGE........................
NATIONALITY...............
OCCUPATION.................
TELEPHONE..................
EMAIL.....................
DATE.......................
SIGNATURE.................
WINNER Ref NO.............

APPROVED FOR PAYMENT

Congratulations from the staff and thank you for being part of email
account users program.

BEST REGARDS
MARY CROWN (MRS)
(LOTTERY COORDINATOR



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