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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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Fraud email example:

From: helen_cbv_pmlotto@tiscali.co.uk
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 10:37:52 -0700
Subject: LOTTO PRIZE WINNING NOTICE

Thank you and CONGRATULATIONS!FROM: PROMOTIONS DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL
LOTTO BV WINNING NOTICE FOR CATEGORY A WINNERS
Ref No:lL/03/357856256/NL

Attention:Sir/Madam

International Lotto BV has just concluded its final draws of it's periodical
promotional program. An exclusive list of email addresses of thousands of
individual and corporate bodies were picked by automated random computer
search from the Internet. No tickets were sold. Your email address emerged
as one of three winners in the category 'A' as email addresses were soughted,
from a total number of 25,000 addresses drawn from all over the globe. After
an automated computer ballot of our International Promotions Program, only
THREE winners emerged in this category and therefore each are to receive

payouts of ?5,000,000,00 from the total of ?15,000,000.00 (FIFTEEN MILLION
EUROS).

However, every email address selected was accompanied by a reference and
ticket number, after the cyber lotto selection, the below ticket and reference
numbers emerged as one of the lucky winners in the above

category. CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Reference number for your prize is: lL/03/357856256/NL,
Ticket number: lL252/03/78.

For confirmation of the claim of your prize money, you are to send an email
to our customer service representative with in formations below for further
instructions on how you can claim your prize:

Adams Gate
Customer Service Representative
International Lotto BV Netherlands
Email: gate.adamslottobv@tiscali.nl
Email: gate_alottobv@yahoo.com
Email:gate_adams@internationallottobv.net
Cell: +88 216 333 51329

you may be required to provide any of the above information during the process
of collecting your prize. We congratulate you once again and it is our hope
that you participate in any of our international programs in the nearest
future.

Thank you and CONGRATULATIONS!

Sincerely,
Helen Carrington
Promotions Manager
International Lotto BV










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