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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: lordnek@terra.com.mx
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 03:27:04 -0800
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS


ROSA LUXEMBURG FOUNDATION
PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT.
REF: RLf3335677 AND BATCH NO:51/407/NL.
FROM THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
BERLIN LOTTO /PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
Postfach 1310,
65533 Limbu
WEST AFRICA

ATTENTION: Sir/Madam
RE/AWARD NOTIFICATION
We happily wish to inform you that, after our online random draws, for
this
new year, THE ROSA LUXEMBURG FOUNDATION FOR PRIVATE ECONOMIC
EMPOWERMENT
International berlin Lotto program,
held on 31st December,2004 your email or your company email
address have been selected and attached to winning ticket number
111497723-556RS,having drawn the lucky numbers 22-0-64-20-1120.
You are thus one of the 30 worldwide lucky winners of this year's total
prize money of $66,000,000 (Sixty-Six million U.S. Dollars),to be
shared
equally amongst lucky winners. Your prize money is $2,200,000 (two
Million,Two
Hundred Thousand U.S. Dollars).
You are hereby advised to promptly acknowledge reciept of this
correspondence,by sending a confirmation email to our claims Agent
quoting
your above winning ticket number,as well as the lucky draws number. As
soon
as we recieve your confirmation email,we shall commence the process to
facilitate
the release of your funds.
For security reasons, you are advised to keep your
winning information completely confidential till your
claims is processed and your money remitted to you in
whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize. This
is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double
claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some
unscrupulous elements. Please be warned.
Every year, as part of its annual goodwill
program the ROSA LUXEMBURG FOUNDATION FOR PRIVATE
ECONOMIC EMOWERMENT conducts a special lottery draw.
The last two years has experienced wider worldwide
reach due to our Computer Online Random Draws Systems
Execution (CORDS-EXECS), with selections from over
200,000 companies and individuals. By this we are
sending a CORD of Financial Strength. We expect each
of our 30 lucky winners to also make a special
mandatory donation to any charity of thier choice
(amount donated, to be at winner's discretion). This
way our Cord of Hope is also sent to the needy, at
this special time of the year.
Please accept our CONGRATULATIONS.
TO FILE FOR YOUR CLAIMS,PLEASE CONTACT OUR FIDUCIARY (Claims)
AGENT OF EQUITORIA SECURITY TRUST LIMITED ON OR BEFORE 17th
JENUARY,2005.

MR KENNEDY ERIC
EQUITORIA SECURITY TRUST LIMITED,
EMAIL (lordnek@yahoo.com)
TEL2348027289741
WEST AFRICA




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