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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: "FREE LOTTO INTERNATIONAL" <awardnotice83@handbag.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2005 22:30:22 +0200
Subject: AWARD NOTICE!!!

THE FREE LOTTO COMPANY
SPAIN HEAD OFFICE
ADVINDAD DE CASTILLA 2
24956,MADRID.SPAIN.


Dear Winner,

We are please to announce you as one of the 10 lucky winners in the FreeLotto
draw held on the 8th of august.2005. All 10 winning addresses were randomly
selected from a batch of 50,000,000 international emails.Your email address
emerged along side with 9 others as a category 2 winner in this year's Annual
FreeLotto Draw.Most recently the foundation set up the NEW HOPE LOTTERY to
give out prizes based on the computer ballot system(THEREFORE YOU DO NOT
NEED TO BUY A TICKET TO ENTER FOR IT.YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS WAS RANDOMLY SELECTED
AS A WINNER).

Consequently,you have therefore been approved for a total pay out of 3,500,000
euro (Three million,five hundred thousand euro)only.The following particulars
are attached to your lotto payment order:

(i) winning numbers: 62-11-08-23-67-89
(ii) email ticket number: FL754/22/76
(iii)lotto code number: PDP98643JK
(iv) the file Ref number: FL/04/67903456/SP

To immediately claim your prize,contact the attorney with the following informations
given below.

HANS CHAMBERS & ASSOCIATES
(Legal Practioners/notary public)
calle sol 23.5678,madrid,spain.
TEL:0034-646-428-779
EMAIL TO:hanschambers@netscape.net

The above claim agent will assist you in the processing and remittance of
your prize funds to you.call the above number for more informations.

N.B: Steps to claiming your prize:

1.Please quote your Reference number in all correspondence with the claims
officer.
2.Indicate your full name and address,Country,Telephone,mobile and fax number
and occupation.

Once again on behalf of all our staff,

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Sincerely,
cynthia Bradley.
Promotions Manager
The Lotto company
Spain & Europe.

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This e-mail transmission contains information that is confidential and may
be privileged.It is intended only for the addressee(s) named above.
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