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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: freelo5@handbag.com
Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2005 14:59:47 +0100
Subject: Winning Notification Your Email Has Won!!

THE FREE LOTTO COMPANY
Free lotto Headquarters:
Customer Service
Award Dept.
580 N. Tenth Street
www.freelotto.com
Ref No:fl/550/05nl
Bacth No:6677-05734
WINNING NOTIFICATION
We happily announce to you the draw of the Free Lotto International programs
held on the 8th of March, 2005. Your e-mail address attached to ticket
number: 564 75600545 188 with Serial number 5388/02 drew the lucky numbers:
31-6-26-13-35-7, which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category.
You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of US$1,000,000.00(One
million, United States Dollars) in cash credited to file KPC/9080118308/02/TCA.
This is from a total cash prize of US $25 Million dollars shared amongst
the lucky winners in this grand category.
This year Lottery Program Jackpot is the largest ever for Free Lottery.
The estimated $125 million jackpot would be the sixth-biggest in free lotto
history. The biggest was the $363 million jackpot that went to two winners
in a May 2000 drawing of The Big Game Mega Millions' predecessor.
Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet
representative office in Europe as indicated in our play coupon. In view
of this, your US$1,000,000.00 (One million United States Dollars) would
be released to you physically by our affiliate Bank. Our agent will immediately
commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds to you as soon
as you make contact with
him.All participants were selected randomly from 'World Wide Web' site through
computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 companies. This promotion
takes place annually. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your
winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your
money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize.
This is a part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements.
Please be warned. To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent
with the below details for processing of your claims.
******************************************************************
Name: Mr. Lucas Van Veen
ACCESS TOWER AGENCY B.V
PHONE NUMBER:+31 617-592-958
FAX NUMBER 31 847-359-844
Email:accesstower@netscape.net
******************************************************************
Note that all claims process and clearance procedures must be duly completed
early to avoid impersonation arising to the issue of double claim.
To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your
reference/batch numbers in any correspondences with us or our designated
agent. Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this program.
Yours faithfully,
Mrs. Joyce kluiver
(Lottery Coordinator)
_______________________________________________________________________
The Free Lotto Awards is proudly sponsored by the Microsoft
Corporation, the Intel Group, Toshiba, Dell Computers, Mackintosh and a
conglomeration of other international IT companies. The free lotto
internet draw is held quarterly every year and is so organized to
encourage the use of the internet and computers worldwide. We are proud
to say that over 200 Million Euros are won annually in more than 150
countries worldwide.
We also encourage you to visit our website at www.freelotto.com and
take your chance to play and become part of our daily winners.
Millions are won on a daily basis on one of the world's most famous
free lotto service.




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