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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: "tripplee game!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" <trippleegames@juno.com>
Reply-To: msfint@consultant.com-
Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2005 16:40:44 +0100
Subject: congratulation!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

FROM: THE GAMING CONTROL BOARD
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT

Dear Recipient
RESULTS FOR CATEGORY "A" DRAWS/XMAS BONANZA
Congratulations to you as we bring to your notice, the results of the
First Category draws of TRIPPLE WINS INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC GAME
PROMOTION. We are happy to inform you that you have emerged a winner under Category A, which is part of our promotional draws. The draws were held to mark
our first international program/New Year Bonus for Microsoft users. Participants
were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 25, 000, 00 names/email addresses of individuals and companies from Africa, America, Asia, Australia, Europe, Middle East, and Oceania as part of our International Promotions Program. Few names came as the lucky winners You/Your company email id, attached to ticket number 7743-8-01, with serial number 66-84 drew the lucky numbers 13-17-21-36 (17) consequently won in the first Category. You have therefore been awarded a lump sum pay out of US$3.500, 000 (Three million, five hundred thousand United State Dollars), which is the winning payout for Category" A" winners.

This is from the total prize money of US$21,000,000 shared among six lucky winners in this category. CONGRATULATIONS! Your fund is now deposited with MXSTINT, based in the Netherlands, and insured in your name. In your best interest and also to avoid mix up of numbers and names of any kind, we request that you keep the entire details of your award strictly from public notice until the process of transferring your claims has been completed, and your funds remitted to your account. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants/no participants of this program. We also wish to bring to your notice our end of year premium sweepstakes draw where you stand a chance of winning up to $28 million we hope that with a part of your prize you will participate in it.
Please contact your file/claims officer immediately for due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated account of your choice:

File/Claims Officer
TONY WILLIAM
Tel +31-645-938-846
Fax: +31-205-248-085
Email: msfint@consultant.com <http://mail.yahoo.com/config/login?/ym/Compose?To=maxsectrufin@maximumsecurityfinancetrustfinance.net>

You are advised to contact your file/claims officer by email/fax within a week of receiving this notice. Failure to do so may warrant disqualification. NOTE: For easy reference and identification, find below your reference numbers. Remember to quote these numbers in every one of your correspondence with your claims agent.
REFERENCE NUMBER: MTL-GSQDS255125600001

Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our promotional program.

Sincerely,

THE LOTTERY COORDINATOR,
TRIPPLE WINS INTERNATIONAL GAMES
GEVERS DEYNOOTPLEIN 887
2586 CK SCHEVENINGEN DEN HAAG
THE NETHERLANDS.







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