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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: frank19601@terra.com.mx
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 16:38:49 +0100
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!

UK LOTTERY PROMOTION
LOTTERY HEADQUARTERS.
COVENTRY, UNITED KINGDOM.

ATTENTION: DEAR WINNER.
RE/ AWARD NOTIFICATION; FINAL NOTICE

We are pleased to inform you of the announcement of
winners of the UK PROMO LOTTERY, UNITED
KINGDOM.(sweepstake lottery/award promotion)
Your email address, is attached to ticket number
023-0148-790-459, with serial number 5073-11 drew the
lucky numbers 43-11-44-37-10-48, and consequently won
the lottery in the 3rd category.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay
out of 1.5 Million British Pounds in cash
credited to file REF NO. UK/9420X2/68. This is from
total prize money of 80,000,000.00 British Pounds
shared among the seventeen international
winners in this category. All participants were
selected through a computer ballot system drawn from a
collation of frequent internet users from all over
the world from Australia, New Zealand, America,
Europe, North America,Africa and Asia as part of
International Promotions Program, which is conducted
bia-annually.

CONGRATULATIONS!
Your fund is now deposited with a Security company.
Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we ask
that you keep this award strictly from public notice
until your claim has been processed and your money
remitted to you.
This is part of our security protocol to avoid double
claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of this
program. We hope with a part of your prize, you will
participate in our end of year high stakes of 1.3
billion British Pounds Sterling International Lottery.
To begin your claim, please contact your claim agent;
MR HARRY MARTINS, FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER, LOTTERY
HEADQUARTERS. COVENTRY, UNITED KINGDOM,
via{wlsnjoe@yahoo.com.au }
You are expected to process your claim, but because of
distance, we can assist you in the processing of your
claim to reduce the burden that you may encounter
during this process, it is optional in the
constitution of our company, we are not allowed to
deduct or remove any amount of money from the prizes
won by our clients either for charges, taxes/other
expenses which are needed for the processing and
transfer of our clients funds.
this is because of the hard-cover Insurance policy
that came with it and also for the safety of our
client‘s funds.
NOTE: That claiming of your funds must be completed
before deadline, further delay might attract
additional expenses in the processing of your claims.
Furthermore In order to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications, please remember to quote your reference
and batch numbers in every one of your correspondences
with your agent.
Finally, Original copy of your prize winning
certificate will be sent to you after claim
declaration.Congratulations again from all our staff
and thank you for being part of our promotions
program.

Sincerely,

MR.WILSON JOE
THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER, UK PROMO LOTTERY,UNITED
KINGDOM.


please do provide the following information‘s (claim
Verification form) fill and submit back via
(wlsnjoe@yahoo.com.au) to your claim agent,

1,YOUR FULLNAME:.............
2,YOUR SEX:..................
3,YOUR ADDRESS:..............
.............................
4,.YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER:.........
5,.YOUR FAX NUMBER:...............
6,.YOUR OCCUPATION:...............
7,.YOUR COMPANY‘S NAME:...........
8,YOUR AGE:.......................
9,.YOUR REF NUMBER:...............
10,COUNTRY........................
11,E-MAIL.........................
INDICATE PREFERRED MODE OF PRIZE COLLECTION:
ON-LINE WIRE TRANSFER to your designated
Bank Account.
ACCOUNT COORDINATES IF BY ON-LINE WIRE TRANSFER
(Details of the account where you want your funds
transferred):
...........................
...........................
Date.......................


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