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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: <lotteryuk3@zipmail.com.br>
Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2005 11:44:31 -0500
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS


(Accredited Licensed Agent to CASHFLO FINANCIAL SERVICES LTD)

Ref Number:IL6341-6 CASHFLO FINANCIAL SERVICES LTD.

Batch number:289-4PP

DEAR PRIZE WINNER,
RESULTS FOR PROMOTIONAL DRAW

IMPERIAL LOTTERY UK wishes to inform you of the results of its ONLINE
International
Lottery Promotional draws held on the 1ST of JANUARY 2005 as part of our
New Year
bonanza. We are happy to officially inform you that you
have emerged a winner under our Third Category Draws, which is part of our
promotional draws. Participants were selected through a computer ballot
system drawn from 40,000 names/email addresses of individuals and companies
from Africa, America, Asia, Australia, Canada, Europe, Middle East, and
New
Zealand as part of our International Promotions Program.
Your Lottery Claim is attached to ticket number 75-521-25,with serial number
9680-085-0, and drew the lucky numbers 03 09 14 24 26 41 (29) to
emerge one of the third category winners.

You have consequently been awarded a lump sum pay out of
£2,000,000.00 (Two Million Great Britain Pounds) in cash, which is the
winning
payout for Third Category winners. This is from the total prize money of

£12,000,000.00 shared between 6 international winners in
the category.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that
you keep your Winning information confidential for now until your claims
has been processed and your money Remitted to you in order to avoid double
claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants.

Your fund is now deposited with CASHFLO FINANCIAL SERVICES LTD, insured
in your name.This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming
or
unscrupulous acts by participants/non participants of this program.

We also wish to bring to your notice our mid year (2005)
high stakes where you stand a chance of winning up to £15,000,000.00,we
hope that with a part of your prize money you will participate.

Please contact your claims agent immediately, to begin your claims process,

MR. HARRIS PETER
FOREIGN DEPARTMENT MANAGER,
CASHFLO FINANCIAL SERVICES LTD.
email:peter_cashflow20@yahoo.com


For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated Bank
account of your choice.
Remember, you must contact your claim agent not later than two weeks from
the date you received this email.After this date, all funds will be returned
back as unclaimed.

NOTE: For easy reference and identification, Find below
your reference and Batch numbers, remember to quote these numbers in every
one of your correspondence with your claims agent/Company.

REFERENCE NUMBER: IL6341-6
BATCH NUMBER: 289-4PP

Once again, accept my Congratulations!

N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result
to disqualification and Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically
disqualified.


Sincerely yours

Judith Carlton.
Lottery Coordinator







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