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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: "MR. ALBERT LIM" <promotionlist@she.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: coordinator_lim@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 18:21:17 +0700
Subject: ASIAN WINNINGS NOTIFICATION!!!

DATE: 23TH OF STEPMBER 2005.

FROM: THE DESK OF THE VICE PRESIDENT.
ASIAN INTERNATIONAL NATIONAL PROMOTIONS ORGANIZATION PRIZE/AWARD
BANGKOK
THAILAND.

BATCH: EGS/ 22504002/03: REFERENCE: 15/0018/IPD

ATTENTION: CONGRATULATIONS!

RE: PRIZE/AWARD NOTIFICATION.

This is to inform you of the release of ASIAN INTERNATIONAL NATIONAL
PROMOTIONS ORGANIZATION PRIZE DRAW, held on the 5th of April 2004, but
owing
to some mix up of numbers and addresses and the holidays, the results
were
released on the 21st of December 2004.Your name was attached to ticket
number 085-12876077-09 with serial number 51390-0 that drew the lucky
numbers of 03-05-12-14-28-38, which consequently won the lottery in the
5th
category. You have therefore beenapproved for a lump sum pay of
3.700,000.00. (THREE MILLION AND SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATE
DOLLARS
ONLY), in cash credited to file with REF:N.EGS/3662367114/13. This is
from a
total cash prize of 70,020.225.00, shared among the twenty-five
international winners in this category.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Your fund is now deposited with our Financial Company Bangkok Thailand
and
insured in your name. Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask
that
you keep this award from public notice until your claim has been
processed,
and the money remitted to your account, as this is part of our security
protocol, to avoid double claiming and unwarranted taking of
advantage of this program by participants, as has happened in the past.

All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn
from
25,000 names, email addresses & official addresses, from Asia,
Australia,
New Zealand, Europe, North and South America, Middle East and Africa,
as
part of our International Promotions Program.

We hope your lucky name will draw a bigger cash prize in the subsequent
programs. To begin your lottery claims, please contact our Co-ordinator
as
follows,

NAME: MR. ALBERT LIM
TEL: 0066-6-1217553.
EMAIL: coordinator_lim@hotmail.com

Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later than 30th of Oct
2005. Any claim not made by this date will be returned to HER MAJESTY'S
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY. And also be informed that 10% of your
lottery
winning belongs to (THE PROMOTIONS COMPANY).Because they are the
company
that bought your ticket and played the lottery in your name.

Note also that this 10% will be remitted after you have received your
winnings prize, because the money is insured in your name already.NOTE:
In
order to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications, please remember to quote your reference and batch
numbers in
all correspondences with us, Furthermore, should there be any change of
address, please do inform our Co-ordinator as soon possible. An
original
copy of your lucky winning ticket and your deposit certificate will be
sent
to you by Administrative Remittance Operation Manager of ASAHI BANK
BANGKOK
THAILAND.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!! Once again from all members of our staff and thank
you
for being a part of our International Promotions program. We wish you
continued good fortunes.

Sincerely,
DR. THOMAS WIGNALL.
VICE PRESIDENT
ASIAN PROMOTIONS BANGKOK THAILAND



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