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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: Julia Simson <julia2000@corriodesign.hu>
Date: Tue, 05 Jul 2005 05:07:45 +0200
Subject: ANNUAL AWARD WINNER


THE FREE LOTTO COMPANY
UK HEAD OFFICE
SUITE 23-30,LION TOWERS
CENTRAL LONDON
ENGLAND
www.freelotto.com

Dear Winner,

We are please to announce you as one of the 10 lucky winners in the FreeLotto draw held on the 1st of May 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 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.Edward Brian
Chief financial Director
The Freelotto Company
TEL: 44 704 010 4181
FAX: 44 704 010 4455
bredwards@katamail.com
bredward@kaixo.com



N.B:Steps to claiming your prize;
1.Winners must pay 480 pounds only or its equivalent in your local currency as fee before claiming their prize for the processing and handling of award by agent.
2.Please quote your Reference number in all correspondence with the claims officer.
3.Winners should send to claim officer account detail or address
where they want their prize paid or sent.
4.Winners must send thier names,address,telephone number
and means of identification (international passport or drivers licence)to claim officer, via email or fax, to process the immediate payment of your prize.

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

Sincerely,
Julia Simsom.
Promotions Manager
The Lotto company
UK & Europe.

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The FreeLotto Awards is proudly sponsored by the Microsoft
Corporation,the Intel Group,Toshiba, Dell computers, Mckintosh and a conglomeration of other international IT companies.The freelotto internet draw is held once in a 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.

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We also encourage you to visit our website at www.freelotto.com 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 free lotto service.








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