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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: "Lotto24 Mega Lottery" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <johnalfred24@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 20:26:24 +0100
Subject: Congratulations!You Have Won!

MANAGER, INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE
AWARD DEPARTMENT
LOTTO 24 MEGA LOTTERY, UNITED KINGDOM.
89 New Fetter Lane London, EC4A 1AG U.K
Tina Carlisle
CO-ORDINATOR
LOTTO 24 MEGA LOTTERY 2011


The LOTTO 24 MEGA LOTTERY Online sweepstakes Promo has set out and successfully organized a
Sweepstakes marking the beginning of year anniversary. We rolled out over
42,000.00 emails, 6000 from each continent to mark the 2011 Anniversary Draws.

Your email address as indicated was drawn and attached to WINNING NO: 23-76-06-54-42-100, REFERENCE NO:
MSW/56B-672GH/L, SERIAL NO: 647489, You have therefore been approved to
Claim a total sum of 1,000,000.00 POUNDS ($1,723,448.18 USD) as one of the 10 jackpot winners in this New Year draw.

To begin the processing of your prize you are to contact our fiduciary claims
department for more information as regards procedures to claim your prize.

FULL NAME OF BENEFICIARY:
ADDRESS:
CITY:
STATE:
COUNTRY:
SEX:
AGE:
MARITAL STATUS:
OCCUPATION:
E-MAIL:
PHONE NUMBER:
DATE:


To file for your claim send identification and details of claim to: Oversea
Payment office and Release Order Department CLAIMS PROCESSING LOTTERY AGENT
for Official record and payment files.


Name: MR.JOHN ALFRED
E-mail:johnalfred24@yahoo.com.hk
Phone: +44- 701-114-7855

On behalf of the Board, kindly accept our warmest congratulations

Sincerely,
Secretary
Tina Carlisle
Lotto24 is a registered trademark.
Copyright 2000-2011 all rights reserved.
PATENT PEND. NO. PA 2000 01615.

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