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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: tonyjames114@handbag.com
Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 13:27:20 +0200
Subject: CONGRATOLATION!!!

FROM: THE LOTTERY COORDINATOR,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT

Dear Recipient
RESULTS FOR CATEGORY ?B" DRAWS


Congratulations to you as we bring to your notice,
the results of the Second Category draws of TRIPPLE

WINS INTERNATIONA GAME.
We are happy to inform you that you have emerged a
winner under the Second Category, which is part
of our promotional draws. The draws were held
prior to your notification. Participants were
selected through a computer ballot system drawn from

2,500,000 names/email addresses of individuals and
companies from Africa, America, Asia, Australia,
Europe, Middle East, and Oceania as part of our
International Promotions Program.
You/Your company email id, attached to ticket number
6411-5-996, with serial number 59-18 drew the
lucky numbers 33-99-78-00 (18) and consequently won
in the
First Category.
You have therefore been awarded a lump sum pay out
of $2,500,000 (Two million, five hundred
thousand United State Dollars), which is the winning
payout for Category" B" winners.
This is from the total prize money of $7,000,000
shared among the winners in this category.
CONGRATULATIONS!
Your fund is now deposited with our transfer agents
MAXIMUM SECURITY TRUST & FINANCE
INTERNATION, based in the Netherlands, and insured
in your name. In your best interest and also to
avoid mix up of numbers and names of any kind, we
request that you keep the entire details of your
award strictly from public notice until the process
of transferring your claims has been completed, and
your funds remitted to your account. This is part of
our security protocol to avoid double claiming or
unscrupulous acts by participants/no participants of
this program.
We also wish to bring to your notice our end of year
premium stakes draw where you stand a chance of
winning up to $28 million; we hope that with a part
of your prize you will participate in it.
Please contact your claims agent immediately for due
processing and remittance of your prize money to a
designated account of your choice:

FOREIGN DEPARTMENT MANAGER
MAXIMUM SECURITY TRUST & FINANCE INTERNATIONAL

MR. TONY JAMES
TEL + 31-645-940-299
FAX: +31-205-248-085
EMAIL:fs_manager@winning.com

you are advised to contact our agents by email
and/or fax within a week of receiving this notice.
Failure
to do so may warrant disqualification.
NOTE: For easy reference and identification, find
below your reference and Batch numbers. Remember
to quote these numbers in every one of your
correspondence with your claims agent.
REFERENCE NUMBER: 072376/TWNL
BATCH NUMBER: NL-TF5-TW
Congratulations once again from all our staff and
thank you for being part of our promotional program.

Sincerely,

THE LOTTERY COORDINATOR,
TRIPPLE WINS INTERNATIONAL GAMES
JAN LUYKENSTRAAT 59,
1071 CS AMSTERDAM,THE NETHERLANDS


N.B: Any breach of confidentiality on the part of
the winners will result to disqualification. Please
do not
reply to this mail box. Contact your claims agent
immediately


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