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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: universetrust1@handbag.com
Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2005 19:18:48 +0200
Subject: YOU ARE THE WINNER OF US$500,000.

FROM: THE DESK OF THE MANAGING DIRECTOR
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARDS DEPARTMENT
REF NO: TLOT/33372452560/04
BATCH Nº:24/AIS7632/Bacc
RE: AWARD NOTIFICATION/ FINAL NOTICE
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the GLOBAL
SOFTWARE GROUP SPONSORED LOTTERY which was held on the 25th
March,2005.
Your name attached to a ticket number 025-11464992-750 with
serial number 2113-05 drew the lucky numbers
4-18-24-30-31-35 which consequently won the lottery in the
1st category. You have therefore been approved for a lump
sum payout of US$500,000.00(Five hundred thousand US
Dollars) in cash credited to the file reference number:
TLOT/33372452560/04. This is from a total cash prize of
US$14.000,000.00 (Fourteen Million US Dollars) shared among
twelve (28) international winners in this grand category.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Your funds is now deposited in a suspense account with our
paying Bank insured to your name waiting remittance into
your bank account.
Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we advice that
you keep this award from public notice until your claims
has been processed and your money remitted to your
nominated bank account is this is part of our security
protocol to avoid double claiming or unwarranted abuse of
this program by the general public.
All participants were selected through a computer ballot
system drawn from 25,000 names and E-mail addresses from
Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Europe and North America as
part of our international lottery program which we conduct
twice every year. We hope that with part of your prize, you
will part-take next year in our high stakes US$1.3billion
International Lottery.
To claim your Prize, please contact your claims agent
************************************************************
MR.Phil Owens.
TEL: 0031-650-548-522.
E-mail: universaltga@netscape.net
Foreign Services Manager, Payment Process and Release Order
Department,
************************************************************
for processing and remittance of your prize funds into your
designated bank account.
Note that all prize funds must be claimed not later than
30th April, 2005.
After this date all funds will be returned as unclaimed for
the next sweepstake.
In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications,
please endeavor to quote your reference and batch numbers
in every correspondence with us or your claims agent.
Furthermore, should there be any change in your address, do
inform your claims agent as soon as possible.
Congratulations once again from all members of our staff
and thanks for being part of our promotions program.
Regards,
Mrs. Linda Lammers
(Lottery Co-ordinator).





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