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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." <FREELOTTO@FREELOTTO.COM>
Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 02:56:20 -0400
Subject: CLAIM YOUR WINNING!!!


Free Lotto Ltd.,
406 Bury New Rd.,
Whitefield,
Manchester M45 7SX
U.K.
www.freelotto.com


Lucky Winner,

We are pleased to inform you that you are one of the selected winners of the FREE LOTTO INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS held on 27th of September 2005. Your email address attached to ticket number 025-1146-1992-750, with serial number
2113-22 drew the lucky numbers 13-15-22-37-39-43; the lottery was categorized into four zonal (Africa, America, Europe and Asia) stages. Consequently you have won the lottery in the 2nd category. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of 800,000.00 Euros[Eight Hundred Thousand Euros] Credited to Ref No.LDL/2551256003/36 Batch No. 13/FFP/LDL/037.

All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 25,000 names from the Middle East, Asia, Africa, Canada, Europe,USA and North America. All participants in this Lottery Program have been selected randomly through a computer Ballot System drawn from over

200,000 Companies and 30,000,000 individual email address from all search engines and web sites. This promotional program will take place every year until the games begin in Beijing China in 2008. However, winners are only
eligible for claims once.

Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this award strictly from public notice until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to your account. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of this program.

ELIGIBILITY:
This promotion is offered only electronically via the Internet and is open to all persons with a valid email address and who live in any of the aforementioned countries.This promotion is void in all other countries and is also Void where prohibited.

Principals and employees of the FREELOTTO and its respective parents,subsidiaries and their immediate families are not eligible.

CLAIMS PROCEDURES:
It is our standard practice to allocate accredited agents for the processing of claims application. It is even more imperative for overseas winners. To begin your claims therefore, you are advised as a matter of urgency, to contact the underlisted licensed and accredited claims agent for the processing of your prize awards winning.

Please contact the clearing house (through your claims agent only) the body assigned with the verification of all emergent winner. Therefore all protocols laid down by them must be followed to facilitate your
claims;

CONTACT AGENCY:

VESTEL AGENCY B.V,
REIGERSBOS 182, 1107 ES, AMSTERDAM - NETHERLANDS.
TEL.0031-633-733-363.



CONTACT PERSON:
MR. PETER SEEDORF
Email add:vestelagencybv@netscape.net


IMPORTANT NOTICE:
(a) Note that there exist a periodic condition on all claims process,failing which would lead to disqualification and winnings forfeiture.Winners are therefore advised to expedite their claims process.
(b) Being one of the lucky winners, you constitute entrant's full and unconditional agreement to and acceptance of our terms and conditions of claims to avoid any discrepancy in the cause of payment of your prize awards winning.
(c) To avoid double claims, you are adviced to keep your winning details very confidential, as any discrepancies resulting from a breach of this confidentiality on the part of the winners will be bourne solely by such winner as our staffs are bound by the oath of secrecy taken on employment.
(d) By this lottery prize awards winning, you acknowledge your acceptance to be added to our lottery master player database.
(e) By this prize winning, you agree to receive periodic mailings which will include, but are not limited to; Newsletters, Invitations to Play,

Announcements, Adverts and Offers we feel would be of interest to our master players, from all the sponsoring entities.
(f) By this winning, you understand that you reserve the discretion to be removed from any such mailing list which automatically disqualifies you from this and subsequent lottery entries. Removal instructions are on every mails.
(f) We hereby do solemnly pledge to maintain the privacy of our master players/lucky winners database and shall not make available for sale, rent, lease or the illegal use of information about our players/winners.
(g) In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in every one of your correspondences with your agent.
(i) Should there be any change of your address, do inform your claims agent as soon as possible.

Congratulations again from all our staffs and thank you for being part of our Promotions program.

Sincerely,
Emilia Cunningham.
Co-ordinator.


NB: PLEASE SEE THAT YOU QUOTE YOUR REF AND BATCH NUMBERS IN YOUR CORRESPONDENCE TO YOUR CLAIMS AGENT.

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The FREELOTTO Awards is proudly sponsored by the Microsoft
Corporation,the Intel Group,Toshiba, Dell computers and a
conglomeration of other international IT companies.The FREELOTTO LOTTERY 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 up to One Million Euros are won annually in more than 150
countries worldwide.



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