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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: holden_lotto_agency2002@zipmail.com.br
Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2005 08:23:12 -0700
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?AWARD=20=20WINNING=20=20NOTIFICATION?=

FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
HOLDEN LOTTO AGENCY<BR>REF: LP/26510460037/03 BATCH: 24/00319/IPD

RE: LOTTERY AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION FINAL.

We are pleased to inform you of the release today, 5th of April, 2005 of
the Holden Lotto Agency INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY PROMOTION PROGRAMS held on
the 30th of March 2005. Your name attached to Ticket Number 02511464992-750
with Serial Number 2113-05 drew the Lucky Number 3-18-19-30-32-39, which
consequently won the Lottery in the 3rd category. You therefore have been
approved for the lump sum payout of United States Dollars $547,828.87 (Five
Hundred and Forty Seven Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty Eight Dollars
& Eighty Seven Cents only) in cash credit to the referenced file number
REF: LP/26510460037/03. This is from a total prize release of United States
Dollars $9, 313090.79 share among the Seventeen (17) International winners
in this same category

CONGRATULATION!

Due to the mixed up of some numbers and names, we request that you should
keep this Award notification a top secret from the public until your total
Won Prize is processed and your amount remitted to your account as this
is part of our security protocols/measures put in place to checkmate malpractices
and to avoid double claiming of awards or unwarranted taking advantage of
this program. NOTE that all participants in this lottery exercise were selected
through a Computer Ballot system drawn from 25,000 existing names from Australia,
USA, Europe, Asia, New Zealand, Middle-East, South and North America as
part of our International Promotions Program (I.P.P), which we conduct once
in every year. You should therefore count yourself luck that your own name
was selected amongst other names and you emerged a lucky winner in this
2005 edition of this program. CONGRATULATIONS ONCE AGAIN! We also hope that
with a part of your prize, you will take part in our end of the year High
Stake Euros 300 Million International Lottery program.
To redeem your prize, please contact the Issuing Authority, (your Prize
Claim Agent/Our Foreign Service manager) for instant processing and disbursement
of your total won prize to any designated bank account of your choice. Contact
your Lotto Agent, Mr.Frank Brown via email: frank_brown222@yahoo.co.uk

Remember, all "Won prizes" must be claimed not later than 15th of April
2005. After this date, all funds unclaimed would be returned to the organizers
of this promotion as unclaimed prizes. In order to avoid unnecessary delays
and complications, please remember to quote your Reference and Batch numbers
in every of your correspondence with your agent. Should there be any change
in address of any beneficiary, do not hesitate to inform your claim's agent
as soon as possible. Please remember also to ask for your prize claim Certificate.

CONGRATULATION FOR BEING PART OF OUR PROMOTION PROGRAM!

Best regards,

FROM THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
(HOLDEN LOTTO AGENCY)



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