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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "free lotto" <freelotto@parsimail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: pru@whipmail.com
Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2005 13:45:08 +0200
Subject: CONGURATULATIONS

OCEANIC-FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL / The Free Lotto Company
www.freelotto.com

Under the International Lottery and Swiss Lotto
UK HEAD OFFICE
Unit 7, Parkway Trading Est.,
Cranford La, Hounslow,

Bruxelles Branch,
Belqiue.

OCEANIC-FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL
Amsterdam,Netherlands.
REF NUMBER:[FL2/05/207152/SK/IE]

We are happy to inform you that your email address has been selected as one of the lucky
email addresses in the category "B" of the online lotto conducted by OCEANIC-FOUNDATION.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!
The cyber-Lotto was conducted by a first of its kind automated computer balloting system,
where by email addresses(30,000 email addresses),were extracted from all continents of the
world.A draw was held in different categories and winners emerged from different parts of
the world and they are entitled to various cash prizes depending on their different categories.
Thus, you are entitled to a prize money of 1,500,00,000Eros ) ONE MILLION FIVE HNDRED THOUSAND Eros) Reference number for your prize is:[FL2/05/207152/SK/IE] Ticket number:[962901-PCF03] As a category B winner, you have been selected by computer balloting system where only email addresses are soughted,from a total number of 30,000 email addresses drawn from all over the globe.

After an automated computer ballot of our International Promotions Program, only ONE winner
emerged in this category and therefore you are to receive payout of 1,500,00,000Eros ,500,000Eros ) ONE MILLION FIVE HNDRED THOUSAND Eros

This promotional program takes place every year, and is promoted and sponsored by eminent
personalities like the Sultan of Brunei,and other corporate organisations.This is to
encourage the use of the internet and computers worldwide.


To immediately claim your prize, please contact our fiduciary agent below are the contact
information of your fiiduciary agent:

===================================
CITIT CONSULTANT BV.
Amsterdam Netherland.
Contact:Mr.Mark james
Email:pru@whipmail.com
====================================

Provide Prize reference number-[FL2/05/207152/SK/IE]and winning ticket number [962901-PCF03] for confirmation. In your best interest(s), you must initiate contact within one week of receipt of this correspondence.

You are to provide the below details, to enable the speedy evaluation and processing of
your winnings. we advice that you adhere strictly to their procedures to avoid any
disqualifications and subsequent cancellation

LOTTERY PAYMENT APPLICATION FORM

(To be completed by lottery winners only)

Ticket Number: ...............................................
Reference Number:............................................
First Name: ......................................................
Last Name:.....................................................
Home Address:..................................................
Town/City: .....................................................
Post Code: ......................................................
Country: ............................................................
Telephone (Home): .........................................
Mobile: ............................................................
Fax (Private): ...................................................
Fax (Office): .....................................................
Email Address: ................................................
Date of Birth: ...................................................
Occupation: ....................................................
Marital Status: ....................................................

I.............................???hereby declare that the above information are
true and binding on me. If at any time it is discovered that I have given false
information, I will forfeit my rights to my winnings.theabove detailed information
will be absolutely necessary to file in your claims.

*********************************************************************

You are required to choose prefer mode in which you want your claim release to

1. International Bank Draft
2. Certified cheque
3. Wired transfer
If you choose option 3, you are require to provide your account detail
Note that, all winnings must be claimed not later than one month
starting from today,
*********************************************************************
You may be required to provide any of the above information during the process of
collecting your prize.
We congratulate you once again and it is our hope that you participate in any of our
international programs in the nearest future.

Thank you.

Sincerely,

Mrs Peggy Martins,

Promotions Manager

Please be informed that NON RESIDENTS of Netherlands will be required to
procure a Affidavits of Lotto Claim/Court clearance certificate from the
Court in Netherland prior to award payment policy of Organisers/European
Gaming Board as required by the Clearance office.
Please be aware that your Paying Authority wills Effect Payment Swiftly upon
satisfactory Report, Verifications and validation provided by this Clearance Office
We also encourage you to visit our website at www.freelotto.com and

take your chance to play and become part of our daily winners.
Millions are won on a daily basis on one of the world's most famous

free lotto service.



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