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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: "australiaboard australiaboard" <australiaboard@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 02:58:31 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS

HEAD OFFICE:
6123 Cool Street Rd.
Somewherevulle Ax34587,
Australia

AUSTRALIA LOTTO LOTTERY INC. Date: 4/09/2005 Ref:
4758961725 Batch: ALLINC 70564943902/188 Winning no:
FGNGB2701/LPRC CONGRATULATIONS ....................
Dear Sir/Madam, We are delighted to inform you of your
prize release on 9th of AUGUST - 2005 from the
Australian International Lottery programme. Which is
fully based on an electronic selection of winners
using their e-mail addresses Your name was attached to
ticket number; 47061725 07056490902 serial number
7741137002 This batch draws the lucky numbers as
follows 5-13-33-37-42 bonus number 17,which
consequently won the lottery in the second category.
You hereby have been approved a lump sum pay of
US$600,000.00 (SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS) in cash
credit file ref: ILP/HW 47509/02 from the total cash
prize of US$4.8million shared amongst eight lucky
winners in this category. All participant were
selected through a computer balloting system drawn
from Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses from
Canada, Australia, United States, Asia,
Europe, Middle Eastand Oceania as part of our
international promotions program which is conducted
annually. This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a
conglomorate of some multinational companies as part
of their social responsibility to the citizens in the
commmunities where they have operational base. Further
more your details(e-mail address) falls within our
European representative office in london uk, as
indicated in your play coupon and your prize of
US$600,000,.00USD, will be released to you from this
regional branch office in London. We hope with part of
your prize, you will participate in our end of year
high stakes for US$1.3 Billion international draw. HOW
TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE Simply contact our fiducial
agent,MR.FERDINAND MEYERS HIS EMAIL ADRESS
IS:mrferdinandagent12@yahoo.co.uk to file for your
claim
. Please quote your reference, batch and winning
number which can be found on the top left corner of
this notification as well as your full name, address
and telephone number to help locate your file easily.
For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep
this information confidential from the public until
your claim is processed and your prize released to
you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid
double claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of
this programme by non-participant or unofficial
personnel. Note, all winnings MUST be claimed under
two weeks of recieving this message otherwise all
funds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually
donated to charity . Congratulations once again on
your winnings!!! Best Regards JOHNSON COLE
(co-ordinator) PLEASE DO REPLY TO THIS EMAIL.AND
CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT OF CONFIDENTIALITY FAILING
TO DO THIS ON THE PART OF THE WINNERS WILL RESULT TO
DISQUALIFICATION.
BEST REGARD,
johnson cole,
co.ordinator



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