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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: LA LOTERIE Romande <LR@llr.ch>
Reply-To: htwilliams@mail.mn
Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2009 01:12:46 -0200
Subject: Lotto Win Notification.


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LA LOTERIE Romande
Rue Marterey 13,
1002 Lausanne,
Switzerland.

Reference number: LR/51-CH/4103
Batch: LR/09/17

Dear Winner,

LOTERIE ROMANDE WIN NOTIFICATION.

This letter is to officially inform you that your email identity has won
EUR 2,500,000 (Two million five hundred thousand Euro) after our final year
email draws of LA LOTERIE Romande lotto conducted last week. Your email
identity was attached to serial number : 09-7391 and drew the winning
numbers; 9-31-17-23-12-39.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European
booklet representative office in London. In view of this, your EUR2,500,000
(Two million five hundred thousand Euro) would be released to you by our
contracted agent in the UK. Our agent will immediately commence the process
to facilitate the release of your funds to you as soon as you make contact
with him.

To begin your claim, please contact your claims agent, Mr.William Hartwell
by email, with his contact below;

Mr. Williams Hartwell,
The Foreign Services Manager,
Information and Payment Bureau.
London Representative Office.
Phone: + 44 702 401 4724
Fax: + 44 870 490 8014
Email : WILLIAMSHARTWELL@MAIL.MN

Your claims agent will assist you in the processing and remittance of your
prize funds into your designated bank account.

Note that all prize funds must be claimed not later than three weeks. After
this date, all funds will be returned to the lottery treasury as
'Unclaimed'. In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please
endeavor to quote your reference (LR/51-CH/4103) and batch numbers
(LR/09/17) in every correspondence with your agent. Furthermore, should
there be any change in your address, do inform your claims agent as soon as
possible.

Congratulations from all members of our staff.

Yours truely,
Mrs. Jane Frank,
Managing Director,
LA LOTERIE Romande (HQ).
Switzerland.


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