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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: newcastlelottery@netscape.net
Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 19:53:18 +0200
Subject: AWARD=NOTIFICATION====AWARD=NOTIFICATION========


RE:INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION PROGRAMME AWARD NOTIFICATION.


CONSEQUENT UPON THE RELEASE OF THE NEW CASTLE LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL
PROMOTION PROGRAM RESULTS HELD ON THE 13TH MARCH,2005.
IN WHICH YOU WERE ENTERED AS AN INDIVIDUAL/CORPORATE CLIENT WITH
SWEEPTAKES
NUMBER:NCL/2005/OI/05 AND TAG CODE:NCL/721766/05 WHICH EVENTUALLY DREW
THE LUCKY WINNING NUMBER THAT WON IN THE LAST CATEGORY.
THE MANAGEMENT /BOARD OF THIS COMPANY ON BEHALF OF THE ASSOCIATION OF
SOFTWARE MANUFACTURERS HAVE IRREVOCABLY APPROVED THE PAYMENT OF
USD1,500,000.00
(ONE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND U.S.DOLLARS)AS YOUR PRIZE WINNING.
IT MAY INTEREST YOU TO NOTE THAT THIS PAYMENT IS FROM THE TOTAL CASH
PRIZE OF
(FIFTEEN MILLION U.S.DOLLARS)SHARED AMONG THE TEN INTERNATIONAL WINNERS
IN
THESE LAST CATEGORY.
PARTICIPANTS WERE SELECTED THROUGH A RANDOM COMPUTER BALLOT SYSTEM FROM
THE 1,000,000
(ONE MILLION)NAMES OF E-MAIL USERS AROUND THE WORLD FOR THIS
PROMOTION PROGRAMME,
TO ENCOURAGE THE USE OF INTERNET SERVICES THEREBY INCREASING THE
MARKET SHARE OF COMPUTER SOFT WARES.
AS A RESULT OF MIX UP OF SOME NAMES AND ADDRESSES,WE ADVICE YOU TO KEEP
THIS
AWARD PERSONAL AND DISCREET TILL YOUR PRIZE HAS BEEN PROCESSED AND THE
FUNDS
REMITTED TO YOU.THIS IS PART OF OUR SECURITY MEASURE TO AVOID MULTIPLE
CLAIMS.
TO ACTUALISE YOUR CLAIM,PLEASE CONTACT OUR FOREIGN SERVICES MANAGER
MR ZEGGY DELMAS ON EMAIL:zeggydelmas@mail2world.com TELEPHONE NUMBER:
27-732-026-253(PLEASE DIAL YOUR COUNTRY AND AREA CODE BEFORE THE
NUMBER)
FORWARD TO HIM THE FOLLOWINGS:1.YOUR FULL NAMES 2.ADDRESS 3.PHONE OR
FAX NUMBERS
4.TAG CODE 5.SWEEPTAKES NUMBER 6.AGE 7.OCCUPATION.

YOU MUST CLAIM YOUR PRIZE BEFORE THE DEADLINE,FAILURE TO DO SO RENDERS
THIS NOTIFICATION
INVALID WITHOUT RECOURSE TO US AND IT WILL BE RE-UTILISED FOR
NEXT DRAWS.

ONCE AGAIN CONGRATULATIONS.
SINCERELY YOURS
MRS CASSANDRA THEMBI.
DIRECTOR OF PROMOTIONS.

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