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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: "PREMIER LOTTO BV." (may be fake)
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2012 21:37:39 +0400
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!!


PREMIER LOTTO BV
The National Lottery
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)

INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRICE AWARD DEPARTMENT. Date:18/12/2012

Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 7056490902/188
Winning No: GB8701/LPRC

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Dear Sir/Madam,

We are delighted to inform you of the result of the E-mail address ballot lottery draw of the Australian cash-out lotto bv international programme, which took place on the 2nd November 2012.This is a computer generated lottery of Internet users using email addresses for draws. This lotto draw is fully based on an electronic selection of winners using their e-mail addresses from different World Wide Web(www)sites.

. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 275-189-657-23-05 with Serial number 8756-05 drew the lucky numbers and bonus ball number which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of ?950,000.00 (NINE HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND POUNDS STERLINGS) in cash credit file ref:ILP/HW 47509/02. This is from the total cash prize of ?15,000,000 Million Pounds,shared amongst the first Twenty (20) lucky winners in this category.

All participant were selected randomly through a computer 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 programme which is conducted annually.

This Lottery is being promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of 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 United States representative office in Newyork,U.S.A as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of ?950,000.00 will be released to you from the regional branch office in United Statea. We hope with part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year high stakes ?1.3,Billion international draw.

Our agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him.

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE:

Simply contact your claims agent, MR. Neil Roman at email.. (USCONSULTROMAN25@HOTMAIL.COM ) by filling this form below and send it to him to file for your claim.

LOTTERY WINNERS APPLICATION FORM OF PAYMENT

VERIFICATION/WINNER'S CLAIM FORM

WINNER'S PERSONAL DATA

First Name.: ====================
Last Name.: *======================
Address 1.: *=======================
City.: *=========================
State/Province.: *======================
Zip Code.: *========================
Mobile phone No.: *======================


WINNING INFORMATION

Batch Number.: *

Serial Number.: *

Refrence Number.: *

This is to verify that the information filled in this FORM is a valid particulars of me. 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.

Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep your winning information confidential until your claims has 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 some participants.

Note that, all winnings MUST be claimed by a STIPULATED TIME; otherwise all funds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually be reabsorbed into our next lucky dip sweepstakes.

Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!

Yours in service,

Mrs. Melinda Bishop
Executive Co-ordinator (Australian Lottery Inc).

PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS OFFICE, MAKE SURE YOU CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT ABOVE.ALSO MAKE SURE YOU SEND DOWN YOUR PHONE AND FAX NUMBERS TO YOUR CLAIMS AGENT FOR EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION. ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF THE WINNERS WILL RESULT TO DISQUALIFICATION.

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