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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: micheal_peter@terra.com.mx
Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 09:22:31 +0100
Subject: THE FREE LOTTO COMPANY

THE FREE LOTTO COMPANY
UK HEAD OFFICE
222 West Coleman Blvd.
Mount Pleasant, SC 29464
CENTRAL LONDON
ENGLAND
www.freelotto.com

Dear Winner,

We are please to announce to you as one of the 10 lucky
winners in the FreeLotto draw held on the may 19th 2005
. All 10 winning addresses were randomly selected from a
batch of 50,000,000 international emails.Your email
address emerged alongside 9 others as a category 2 winner
in this year's Annual FreeLotto Draw.
Consequently,you have therefore been
approved for a total pay Consequently,you have therefore
been approved for a total pay out of 1,000,000 pounds (one
million pounds) only.The following particulars are attached
to your
lotto payment order:


(i) winning numbers: 37-13-43-85-67-11
(ii) email ticket number: FL754/22/76
(iii) lotto code number: FL09622UK
(iv) the file Ref number: FL/04/736207152/UK

Please contact the underlisted claims officer as soon as
possible for the immediate release of your winnings:

Mr.Dolor Tege
Chief financial Director
The Freelotto Company
TEL:+ 44 7040113017
FAX: 44 870-129-9859
tege_dolor@hotmail.com

N.B:Steps to claiming your prize;

1.Please quote your Reference number in all correspondence
with the claims officer.
2.Winners should send to claim officer account detail or
address where they want their prize aid or sent.
3.Winners must send thier names,address,telephone number
and means of identification (international passport or
drivers licence)to claim officer to process immediate
payment of their prize.

Once again on behalf of all our staff, CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Sincerely,
Micheal
Promotions Manager
The Lotto company


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