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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: carlamorris1@zipmail.com.br
Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2005 07:50:46 -0800
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?CONGRATULATIONS=21=21?=

CONGRATULATIONS!!

Sir/Madam,

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Lottery Winners International
programs held on the 8th of February, 2005. Your e-mail address attached
to ticket number 27522465896-6453 with serial number 3772-554 drew lucky
numbers 7-14-18-31-45 which consequently won in the second category.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of 500,000 USD (Five
Hundred Thousand Dollars) Only.

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 via an online banking procedure that will be established
by you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid
double claiming, unnecessary delay and unwarranted abuse of this program
by some participants. All participants were selected through a computer
ballot system drawn from over 30,000,000 individual email addresses and
names from all over the world.

This promotional program takes place every three years. This lottery was
promoted and sponsored by eminent personalities like Mr. Bill Gates and
the Sultan of Brunei, we hope with part of your winnings you will take part
in our next years 50 million Dollars international lottery.

To file for your claim, please contact and address your claim to our fiduciary
agents: Mr. Brown Peters of GLOBAL FUNDS MANAGEMENT, NIGERIA. EMAIL: globalfundsmanagement@tsamail.co.za

Remember all winnings must be claimed not later than 30th of February, 2005.
After this date all unclaimed funds will be included in the next stake.


To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, remember to quote your reference
number and batch numbers in all correspondence to our fiduciary agents.
Furthermore, shall there be any change of your address, please do inform
our agents as soon as possible.

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

Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.

Sincerely yours,

Carla Morris (Co-coordinator)



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