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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: peter50@terra.com.mx
Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2005 05:46:55 +0100
Subject: YOU VE WON OUR LOTTERY PROMOTION

CFROM: UNIVERSAL LOTTERY PROMO INTERNATIONAL
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND.
REF NUMBER: OSL/653/029/03
BATCH NUMBER: AT-040-SB06-03

DEAR SIR/MADAM,

WE ARE PLEASED TO INFORM YOU THAT AS A RESULT OF OUR RECENT LOTTERY DRAWS
HELD ON THE 30th OF MARCH 2005.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number 27522465896-532 with serial
number 652-662 drew lucky numbers 7-14-18-23-31-45 which consequently won
in the 2nd category. you have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay
out of $1,000,000 (ONE MILLION DOLLARS) Note that All participants in this
lottery program have been selected randomly through a computer ballot system
drawn from over 20,000 companies and 30,000,000 individual email addresses
from all search engines and web sites.

This promotional program takes place every year, and is promoted and sponsored
by eminent personalities like the Sultan of Brunei, bill gates of microsoft
inc and othercorporate organisations. this is to encourage the use of the
internet and computers worldwide.

For security purpose and clarity, we advise that you keep your winning
information confidential until your claimshave been processed and your
money remitted to you.

This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claims and unwarranted
abuse of this program by some participants. We look forward to your activeparticipation
in our next year USD50 million slot.

To file for your claim, please contact our fiducially agent
MR EMMANUEL SMITH.
E-mail address: emmanuel_smith2005@yahoo.co.uk

Remember,all winnings must be claimed not later than one month After the
date of this notice.

Please note, in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, remember
to quote your reference number and batch numbers in all correspondence.


Furthermore, should there be any change of address do inform our agent
as soon as possible. Congratulations once more and thank you for being part
of our promotional program.

NOTE: YOU ARE AUTOMATICALLY DISQUALIFIED IF YOU ARE BELOW
18 YEARS OF AGE.
Sincerely yours,
MRS PETER ROSE
(LOTTERY CO-ORDINATOR)
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND

NB:Please use the above email when sending your reply.


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