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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: "AUSTRALIA LOTTERY" <australialottery013@torba.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2008 08:03:30 +0100
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!! (Your e-mail has won you $400,000.00)


*FROM:THE DESK OF THE VICE PRESIDENT INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARDS
DEPARTMENT AUSTRALIA INTERNATIONAL SWEEPSTAKE LOTTERY CORPORATION.*
**
*Ref: 575061725 *
*Batch: 8056490902/188*

*Winning Numbers*
*1*
*2*
*26*
*30*
*40*
*21*


*AWARD NOTIFICATION: FINAL NOTICE*

Attn: Winner 05',

We are pleased to inform you of the lottery result winners of Australia
International Lottery Programmes held this year; which is fully based on an
random electronic mail selection of winners using their e-mail addresses.

Your email was attached to ticket number; 675061725 9356460902 Serial
Number 67749137002. This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows
2-9-23-35-46 bonus number 14, which consequently won the lottery in the
second category. You are here by having been approved a lump sum pay of
US$400,000.00 (FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS) in cash credit file ref:
ILP/HW 46704/08 from the total cash prize shared amongst eight lucky winners
in this category.

Due to mix up of some numbers and names, you are advised to keep your
winning information confidential until your claims has been processed and
your money remitted to your nominated bank. This is part of our security
protocol to avoid double claims and unwarranted abuse of this programme by
some participants.

All participants where selected through a computer/mail balloting system
drawn from 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 Lottery
was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of some multinational companies
and also the Australian Government 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 Leichester, and your prize of US$400,000.00 will be
released to you from our regional paying bank in *Nigeria*. We hope with
part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year high stakes for
US$5.2 Million international draw.

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE: Simply contact your Claims agent, Mr. Edward
Samuel, at;
E-mail australialotto_agent@torba.com
Phone +44-701-114-6614.
Location United Kingdom (Leichester)

To file for your claim. Please quote the Date of reciept of this
notification, Reference Number, Batch Number and Winning Number, which can
be found on the top-left corner of this message. Also, you should give in
your telephone number for easy communication.

Warning: All winnings MUST be claimed on or before a month from date of
publication; otherwise all funds will be forfeited!!!

Congratulations once again on your winning!

REGARDS
FLORENCE RICARDO (MRS)
(LOTTERY COORDINATOR)

PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL ADDRESS. CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT AT:
australialotto_agent@torba.com

*ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF WINNERS WILL RESULT TO
DISQUALIFICATION!!!*

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