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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 DRAWS 2008" <aus_draws101@mobimail.mn>
Reply-To: johnsonduke401@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 07:48:42 -0700
Subject: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?CONGRATULATION!_YOUR_EMAIL_A?= =?ISO-8859-1?Q?DDRESS_HAS_WON_(=A3600,000.00).?=


*COOL STREET
PAULGREENVULLE Ax34587,
AUSTRALIA.
Ref: 435062725
Batch: 7050490902/189
Winning no: GB8101/LPRC

CONGRATULATIONS!!
Dear Sir/Madam,

We are delighted to inform you of your prize release to day, from the
Australian Lotto incorporated program. This is a bonus to promote lotto in
Australia which is fully based on an electronic selection of winners using
their e-mail addresses form some site.

Your email address was attached to ticket number; 4700172507056490102 serial
number 7741134002 this batch draws the lucky numbers as follows
5-13-33-37-42 bonus number17, which consequently won the lotto in the second
category.

You here by have been approved a lump sum pay of £600,000.00 (SIX HUNDRED
THOUSAND Great British Pounds Sterling) in cash credit file ref: ILP/HW
47509/09 from the total cash prize shared amongst eight lucky winners in
this 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.

This Lotto was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of some
multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the
citizens in the communities where they have operational base.

Further more your details (e-mail address) falls within our European
representative office in Amsterdam, Holland, as indicated in your play
coupon and your prize of £600,000.00 will be released to you from this
regional branch office in UNITED KINGDOM AND NIGERIA
RESPECTIVELY. We hope with part of your prize, you will participate in our
end of year high stakes for £1.3 Billion international draw.

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE: Simply contact our fiduciary agent, Mr.Johnson Duke
E-mail address johnsonduke@live.com<http://uk.mc284.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=johnsonduke@live.com>to
file for your claim. Contact him Monday to Friday. Phone:
+447045746292
by filling this form below and send it to him to file for your claim.

LOTTERY WINNERS APPLICATION FORM OF PAYMENT.

FULL NAME.................................................
DATE OF BIRTH.........................................
ADDRESS...................................................
SEX..........................................................
AGE........................................................
NATIONALITY...........................................
AMOUNT WON............................................
OCCUPATION............................................
TELEPHONE.............................................
EMAIL.....................................................
DATE......................................................
WINNER REF/BATCH NO...........................APPROVED FOR PAYMENT.

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 program by non-participant or
unofficial personnel. Note, all winnings MUST be claimed before 21 days;
otherwise all funds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually donated to
charity organizations.

Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!

Best Regards
Carol Sweet (co coordinator)

PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL.CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT AT
johnsonduke@live.com<http://uk.mc284.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=johnsonduke@live.com>ANY
BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF THE
WINNERS WILL RESULT TO DISQUALIFICATION.


Yours faithfully,
Carol Sweet

Online coordinator for AUSTRALIAN LOTTO PROGRAMME, Sweepstakes
International Program...*

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