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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: "Rosemary Rolands" <lottomanager11@tsamail.co.za>
Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2004 15:44:48 +0200
Subject: Award Notification!!!

DE NATIONAL LOTTERY
PO BOX 1010
LIVERPOOL
L70 1NL


FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
REF NO:BY/ED36514700704 AND BATCH NO: 22/00/AYE

ATTENTION: Sir/Madam,
RE/AWARD NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today, 5TH
DECEMBER 2004, of winners of DE NATIONAL LOTTO PROGRAMS
held on the 16TH NOVEMBER, 2004 as part of our LAST QUARTER
of the year bonanza.

You or your company, attached to ticket number
034-1416-4612-750, with serial number 6521-11 drew the
lucky numbers 31-51-22-24-39-43, and consequently won the
lottery in category B.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of
US$5,500,000 in cash credited to file REF
NO:BY/ED36514700704

This is from total prize money of US$27,500,000.00 shared
among 5 winners in this category. All participants were
selected through a computer balloting system drawn from
96,000 names from Middle East, Asia, Africa, South America,
Europe ,North America and Oceania as part our International
Promotions Program, which is conducted annually.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Your fund is now deposited with JTL FINANCE SECURITIES ,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.

We hope with a part of your prize, you will participate in
our end of year high stakes US$1.3 billion International
Lottery.

To begin your claim, please contact your claims agent;



MR. JERRY WAKER
ACCOUNT DIRECTOR
JTL FINANCE SECURITIES
SATELLITE PHONE:+8821646652944
TELEPHONE:+447040101817
FAX:+447092807619
EMAIL:jerrywaker76@zwallet.com
jerrywaker22@mail.com





for due processing and remittance of your prize money to a
designated account of your choice.

Remember, you must contact JTL FINANCE SECURITIES not later
than 14(FOURTEEN) banking days upon receipt of this
notification. After this date, all funds will be returned
as unclaimed. All correspondences to MR. JERRY WAKER,
either by fax or email, should have this EMAIL sent along
with it and also, your FULL ADDRESS, YOUR COUNTRY OF
RESIDENCE and your EMAIL ADDRESS to which this email is
sent, should be clearly and BOLDLY WRITTEN IN YOUR RESPONSE
with your claims agent.

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications, please remember to quote your reference and
batch numbers in every one of your correspondences with JTL
FINANCE SECURITIES. 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,

ROSEMARY ROLANDS.
THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
DE NATIONAL LOTTERY,UK

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 claims agent

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