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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: festus ehiogie <pzlottery@zwallet.com>
Date: Sat, 06 Nov 2004 10:59:38 -0500
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION!

PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,

BLUE FOUNTAIN LOTTO WWW-NET INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS

CALLE GOMEZ 162 7B, MADRID SPAIN

Ref. Number:22/756/4007

Batch Number: 497001527-AB66

Sir/Madam

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Dayzers Loterij International programs held on the 30th of October, 2004. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number 9570015948-6410 with serial number 3648042-510 drew lucky numbers 4-14-66-71-07-36 which consequently won in the 1st category, you have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of US$7.000.000.00 (Seven Million United States Dollars) to be shared among the 10 of you in this category. This automatically qualifies you to personally receive the sum of US$700.000.00) Seven Hundred Thousand Dollars only. CONGRATULATIONS! CONGRATULATIONS!! CONGRATULATIONS!!! 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. All participants were selected through a computer ballot system !
drawn from over 68,000 companies and 80,000,000 individual email addresses and names from all over the world. This promotional program takes place twice in every six years. This lottery is partly promoted and sponsored by Bill Gates, President of the World Largest software, we hope with part of your winning you will take part in our next year (USD$65M) Sixty-five million Dollars international mega lottery. To file for your claim, please contact our assigned official agent/claims and duty officer: Mr. FESTUS L EHIOGIE NOEL BLAZERSPROMO LOTERIJ bluefountainlottery88@yahoo.com Remember, all winning must be claimed not later than 30TH of November, 2004. After this date all unclaimed funds will be included in the next stake. Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, do remember to quote your reference number and batch numbers in all correspondence. Furthermore, should there be any change of address do inform our agent as soon as possible. Congratulatio!
ns once more from our members of staff and thank you for being success
ful in our lottery promotional program. Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified. Sincerely yours, Ms. Lucia Van Dale Lottery Coordinator N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to disqualification. This E-mail message (including attachments, if any) is intended for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain Information that is privileged, proprietary, confidential and exempted from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, you are notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender, and erase this E-mail message immediately.









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