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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: "Debbie Molina" <debbie@debbiemolina.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 19:30:15 +0000
Subject: you are OUR CATEGORY C WINNER!!!

NATIONAL LOTTERY
PO BOX 1010
LIVERPOOL
L70 1NL
REF NO:BBA444125680216
BATCH NO: 24/000/BLS

DEAR WINNER


WINNING NOTIFICATION


We gladly announce to you the draw of the NATIONAL LOTTERY,online
International program held on Wednesday, 24th of August, 2005.Your e-mail
address attached to ticket number: 034-1416-4612-750 with Serial number
53-68-05 drew the lucky numbers: 00-48-20-23-44-77, which subsequently won

you the lottery in category C. You have therefore been approved to claim a
total sum of US$9,000,000,00 (nine million united states dollars) in cash
credited to file REF NO:BBA444125680216. This is from a total cash prize of
US$90,000,000.00(ninety million united states dollars) shared amongst the
TEN (10 ) lucky winners in this category.


All participants for the online version were selected randomly from
WorldWide email balotting through computer draw system and extracted from
over
100,000 unions,associations, and corporate bodies that are listed
online.This promotion takes place Annually. In view of this, your
US$9,000,000.00 (nine

million united states dollars) shall be released to you by your payment
agent.To begin your claim, please contact your payment agent for due
processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated account of
your choice. Details of your payment agent is stated below:




MR. RAYMOND BERMAN
ACCOUNT DIRECTOR
BARCLAYS FINANCE SERVICE
TELEPHONE:+447040101817
FAX:+447092807619
EMAIL: raymondberman32@graffiti.net
raymondberman54@mail.com



You must contact BARCLAYS FINANCE SERVICE not later than 14(FOURTEEN)banking
days upon receipt of this notification. After this date, all funds
will be returned as unclaimed. All correspondences to MR.RAYMOND
BERMAN,either by fax or email, should have this EMAIL sent along with it and
also,

your FULL ADDRESS, YOUR COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE and your EMAIL ADDRESS to which
this email is sent. you are advised to keep your winning confidential till
your claim is processed and your money remitted to you.


NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please
remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in every one of your
correspondences with BARCLAYS FINANCE SERVICE. Furthermore, should therebe
any change of your address, do inform your payment agent as soon as
possible.


Congratulations from all our staff and we hope with part of your prize, you
will participate in our end of year high stakes US$1 billion International
Lottery.


Sincerely,


Debbie Molina
THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
DE NATIONAL LOTTERY,UK


N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to
disqualification. Please do not reply to this mail. Contact your payment
agent


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