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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: "MAY 2005 PROMO" <eruwa2005@handbag.com>
Reply-To: davidmoor350@yahoo.it
Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2005 21:46:56 -0700
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION

WINNING NOTIFICATION
NATIONAL LOTTERY PROMO
UK HEAD OFFICE
SUITES 23-30,LION TOWERS
CENTRAL LONDON
ENGLAND
www.lotto.ie



Ref: NAS/941OYI/04
Batch:04/06/MA34

WINNING NOTIFICATION
We happily announce to you the draw of the National Lottery Promo
International program, held on the 30m may 2005 in Dublin Ireland.
Your email address was attached to ticket number:77770064638 with
serial number:67345/04 drew the lucky numbers 12-8-9-11-12-5, which
subsequently won you the lottery in the second category.
You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of 2,000,000.00
Euros (Two million, euros) in cash credited to file pl/233376899/04.
This is from a total cash prize of 60 Million Euros, shared among the
first thirty (30) lucky winners in this category. In view of this,your
money would be released to you by our Bank firm in Europe . Our European

agent (Reality Agency) will immediately commence the process to
facilitate the release of your funds as soon as they are contacted.
All participants were selected randomly from World wide Website through
computer ballot system extracted from over 100,000 companies and
individuals.
Thispromotion takes place annually. For security reasons, you are
advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is

processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit

to claim your prize. This is part of our precautionary measure
to avoid double claimming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some
unscrupulous elements. Please bewarned.

To file your claims, please contact our agent:
Agent: David Moor

Email::davidmoor350@yahoo.it

Chief financial Director
The National lottery Promo

To avoid unnecessary delay and complications, Please quote your
ref/batch numbers in any correspondences with us or our designated agent.
Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this program

Yours sincerely,

Haishia cook
Public Relations Officer

National Lottery Promo

N.B:
1.All claims are nullified after 10 working days from today.
2.Your Ref number must be in all your mails with the claims officer.
3.Do inform the claims officer of any change of names or addresses.
4.All winners under the age of 18 are automatically dis-qualified.
5.A mandatory charges for processing of claims

_____________________________________________________________________

The National lottery promo Awards is proudly sponsored by the Microsoft
Corporation,the Intel Group,Toshiba, Dell Computers,Mckintosh and a
conglomeration of other international IT companies.The National lottery
internet draw is held quarterly every year and is so organized to
encourage the use of the internet and computers worldwide.We are proud
to say that over 200 Million Euros are won annually in more than 150
countries worldwide.
We also encourage you to visit our website at wwww.lotto.ie and take
your chance to play and become part of our daily winners.
Millions are won on a daily basis on one of the world's most famous The
National lottery Promo.


___________________________________________________________

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