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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: tripple_wins@zipmail.com.br
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 23:26:13 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Dear=20Recipient=2C=28Congratulations=21=21=21=29?=

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

Dear Recipient,

RESULTS FOR CATEGORY "A" DRAWS
Congratulations to you as we bring to your notice, the results of the First
Category draws of TRIPPLE WINS INTERNATIONAL GAMES. We are happy to inform
you that you have emerged a winner under the First 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, Astralia,Europe, Middle East, and Oceania as part of our International
Promotions Program. You/Your company email id, attached to ticket number
6422-5-486, with serial number 59-18 drew the lucky numbers 33-92-78-05
(18) and consequently won in the first Category.

You have therefore been awarded a lump sum pay out of $3.500,000:00(three
million five hundred thousand united state
dollars) each, which is the winning payout for Category" A" winners. This
is from the total prize money of $31,500,000 shared among the 9 winners
in this category.

CONGRATULATIONS!
Your fund is now deposited with our transfer agents Cash Change First Securities
INC UK ,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/nonparticipants 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 $50 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:

Mr.Alton Williams
Financial Director,
Tripple Wins Lotto
TEL: +447-040-118-009
TEL : +31-617-412-681
FAX : +31-205-248-085
FAX: +44-870-136-9041
EMAIL:alton_williams101@mmail.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 numbers.
Remember to quote these numbers in every one of your correspondence with
your claims agent.

REFERENCE NUMBER: MTL-GSQDS255125600001
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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