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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: "jan Deburg" <jan_deburg@k-b-f.org>
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2004 17:20:49 +0000
Subject: Congratulations





Treasure Chest Sweepstakes Lottery
An Affiliate of the GREEK NATIONAL LOTTERY
Kifisou 62 Av. GR-121 32 Peristeri,
Athens. Greece.

FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
REF: FCSS/2551256003/94 BATCH: 14/0017/SPM/IPD
RE / AWARD NOTIFICATION; FINAL NOTICE

Date: 10-08-04

WINNING NOTICE

We happily announce to you the draws of the Centenary Olympics Big
Lottery International programs held on the 25th of August 2004 here in
Athens, Greece in which you and forty nine (49) others were selected as
winners under draws 5+B.
Your email address attached to ticket number 025-1146-1992-750, with
serial number 2113-05 drew the lucky numbers 13-15-22-37-39-43, and
consequently won the lottery in the 3rd category. This promotion takes
place every Olympic year.
CONGRATULATIONS!

Please be inform that all participants in this Lottery Program have been
selected randomly through a computer Ballot System drawn from over
200,000 Companies and 30,000,000 individual email address from all
search engines and web sites. This Lottery is organized by the host
country Greece in collaboration with International Olympic
Committee(IOC). Funds for the draws were contributed by the major
sponsors of the games, such as Nike, Addidas, Coca Cola, Pepsi,
Vodafone, Microsoft, Rolex, Greek Telecom, IBM Computers, etc.

Your fund is now deposited with a Finance and Security House and
insured. Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you
keep this award strictly from public notice until your claim has been
processed and your money remitted to your account. This is part of our
security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by
participants of this program. To begin your claim, please contact the
clearing house (through your claims agent) the body assigned with the
verification of any emergent winner.Therefore all protocols laid down by
them must be followed to facilitate your claims:

CONTACT: MR. CHRISTOPHER COLEMAN,
FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER,
First Choice Security Service Limited,
London, U. K.
PHONE: 44 7040104633
FAX NO.: 44 8701323329
EMAIL: chriscoleman@firstchoicesecurityservice.com

Also find all other relevant winning lottery Information below:
Ref No: FCSS/2551256003/94
Batch No: 14/0017/IPD
Zonal Draw No: GSLA2-003
Grand Draw No: 12099

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of US$850,000.00
(Eight Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars only) in cash credited to file REF
NO: TCSL/2551256003/94. This is from total prize money of
US$20,400,000.00 shared among the Fifty international winners in this
category.For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a
designated account of your choice. Remember that you must contact your
claim agent not later than 20TH SEPTEMBER, 2004. After this date, all
funds
will be returned as unclaimed.

NOTE:
In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember
Quote your reference and batch numbers in every one of your
correspondences with your agent.
Furthermore, should there be any change of your address, do inform your
claims agent as soon as possible. Congratulations again from all our
staff and thank you for being part of our Promotions program.

Sincerely,

Ms. Antonia Filippidou
The Promotions Manager,
N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will
result to Disqualification. Please do not reply to this mail. Contact
your claim agent. Also you are automatically disqualified if you are
below 18 years of age.





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