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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: agent_kathy2005@tiscali.co.uk
Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2005 09:34:47 +0100
Subject: AWARD NOTIFICATION !!!

SWISS LOTTO

GESELLSCHAFT SCHWEIZER ZAHLENLOTTO

POSTFACH

4002 BASEL

REF NUMBER: SL/74/368/05

BATCH NUMBER: SL-121-LT-11-12-05

EMAIL ADDRESS:claimsagent_kathy2004@yahoo.co.uk.

DEAR SIR/MADAM,

We are pleased to inform you, THAT AS A RESULT OF OUR

RECENT Lottery DRAWS HELD on the 7th MARCH. 2005.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number

63538953216-435 with serial number 172-488 drew lucky

numbers 13 - 15 - 16 - 26 - 28 - 41 + 19 which consequently

won in the

2nd category. you have therefore been approved for a

lump sum pay out of 3,000,000.00 (DOLLARS) THREE MILLION

DOLLARS).

Note that All participants in this lottery program

have been selected randomly through a computer ballot

system drawn from over 20,000 companies and 30,000,000

individual email addresses from all search engines and

web sites. This promotional program takes place every

year, and is promoted and sponsored by eminent

personalities like the Sultan of Brunei, Michael Dell of

Dell Computers and other corporate organizations. this

is to encourage the use of the Internet and computers

worldwide.

For security purpose and clarity, we advise that you

keep your winning information confidential until your

claims have been processed and your money remitted to

you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid

double claims and unwarranted abuse of this program by

some participants. We look forward to your active

participation in our next year USD 75 million slot.

You are requested to contact our clearance officer

below to assist you with your winnings and subsequent

payments. all winnings must be claimed not later than

one month After the date of this notice.

Please note, in order to avoid unnecessary delays and

complications, remember to quote your reference number

and batch numbers in all correspondence. Furthermore,

should there be any change of address do inform our

agent as soon as possible.


Congratulations once more and thank you for being part

of our promotional program.


NOTE: YOU ARE AUTOMATICALLY DISQUALIFIED IF YOU ARE

BELOW 18 YEARS OF AGE.

Sincerely yours,

MRS. KATHY MORGAN.

(LOTTERY COORDINATOR)


1995-2005 Swisslotto - all rights reserved - Switzerland

Swiss Lotto is a trademark of Gesellschaft Schweizer

Zahlenlotto - 4002 Basel.

___________________________________________________________

Book yourself something to look forward to in 2005.
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