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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: microlottery_intl@terra.com.mx
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 10:53:15 +0100
Subject: congratulations!

MICRO LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL - PROMOTIONAL PROGRAM
ADDRESS: DAALWIJK 813, 1102 AA, AMSTERDAM,
NETHERLANDS.
REF: MLTI/PP2005-001
BATCH: 5300/P25/AX
ATTENTION:

RE AWARD NOTIFICATION / PROCESSING ADVICE: MLTI

This is to announce today, 27th April, 2005 result of winners of our yearly
SCIENTIFIC LOTTERY GAME PROMOTION held on 2nd April, 2005. Your email address
attached to ticket number 05-765204AC; with serial number 00349 draw the
lucky numbers 6-8-23-45 and consequently won the lottery in category A.
You are therefore entitled to a cash award US$1,800,000 (One Million, Eight
Hundred Thousand US Dollars), file REF NO. MLTI/PP2005-001. This is from
total prize money of US$30, 000,000.00 shared among the international winners
in our category A-C. All participants were selected through a computer
ballot system drawn from 45,000 company email addresses and 20,000,000
individual email addresses from across the Globe as part of International
Promotional Program, which is conducted annually. CONGRATULATIONS! Your
fund is now in custody of a Financial Security company insured in your
FILE REFERENCE. Due to the mix up of some email addresses, we ask that you
keep this award strictly from public notice until your claim has been processed
and your money remitted to your account. This is part of our security
protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants
of this program. This lottery program was organized by our group of philanthropist
promoted and sponsored by Mr. Bill Gates of Microsoft Inc, eminent personalities
like the sultan of Brunei, Multi Choice and other corporate Organisations.This
lottery program was organized to improving the use of computer softwares
and for the benefit of every Microsoft user. To begin your claim, please
contact your file processing officer:

MR.SMITH GEORGE
OF MICRO LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL
Email: microlottery_smithg@yahoo.com
Telefax:+31-84-742-2636


Kind Regards.
MRS.SUSSAN VAL
DIRECTOR OF PROMOTIONAL PROGRAM



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