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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: moore <henrick147@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 07:17:00 -0500 (EST)
Subject: AWARD NOTIFICATION



Tattersall's House
615 St. Kilda Road
Melbourne VIC 8008
Australia.


Ref: TTALL/1117AUY/AUST
Draw No.: 2459
Winning No.: 40-10-19-30-13-4
Date: 25th February 2005

WINNING NOTICE

We happily announce to you the draws of the Tattersall House international lottery programs held on the 15th of February 2005 here in Australia in which you and five (5) provisional winners were
selected as winners under draw No. 2459. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:
08-04-33-38-BL-AU drew the lucky numbers: 40-10-19-30-13-4, which subsequently won you the
lottery. All participants were selected randomly through computer ballot draw system and from 5,000 companies.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of $549,790.41 (Five Hundred and Forty Nine Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety Dollars and Forty One Cents) as your winning prize. This is
from a total prize pool of $3,298, 742.6 Please note that your lucky winning number falls
within our Europe payment office in Europe as indicated in the results.

In line with this, your $549,790.41 will be paid to you upon confirmation and clarification by our payment office in Europe. Our European agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your winnings as soon as you contact him.

Do please quote your Draw, Reference and Winning numbers in any correspondence with our designated agent. Please include your telephone number(s) when contacting the agent.

CONTACT: MR.ENRIQUE MANUEL,
UNIVERSAL SECURITY AND FREIGHT LIMITED,
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM.
Tel: 44-704-010-4605
Fax: 44-870-122-3632
EMAILS:enrique_manuel@euromail.net,
enrique_manuel05@ozu.es,
enrique_manuel@winningteam.com

Congratulations once more from all members and staff of this program and thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.

Sincerely yours,
JANICE MOORE (Ms.)
Results Coordinator.

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 claim agent. Also you are automatically disqualified if you are below 18 years of age.


___________________________________________________________________________
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- http://my.suthard.com



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