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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: "Obiorah Kem" <obiorah12@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 06:26:24 -0700
Subject: LUCKY WINNER....

FROM THE DESK OF THE MANAGING DIRECTOR
INTERNATIONAL/PRIZE AWARD DEPT

ADDRESS:NO,144 GLOBAL AVENUE
VICTORIA ISLAND LAGOS NIGERIA.

WINNING NUMBERS:37-13-43-85-67-11.BV

REF:S6376527711

BATCH:S7151085135

Attn:Winner

We are please to announce you as one of the 10 lucky winners in Global the
FreeLotto draw held on the 11th OF SEP 2005. All 10 winning addresses were
randomly selected from a batch of 50,000,000 International emails.

Your email address emerged alongside 9 others as a category one winner in
this year's Annual FreeLotto Draw. Consequently,you have therefore been
approved for a total pay out of $1.500,00USD(one million, Five hundred
Thuosand Dollars only)

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep your
winning information confidential until your claims has been processed and
your money Remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid
double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants.
All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
over 40,000 company and 20,000,000 individual email addresses and names from
all over the world.

This promotional program takes place every year. This lottery was
promoted and sponsored by Association of software producers. We hope with
part of your winning,you will take part in our next year US$20 million
international lottery.For security reasons, you are advised to keep your
winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your
money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize.
This is a part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements.

Please be warned. To file for your claim, please Call or email our fiduciary
agent with the below details for processing of your claims:

NAME:DR FRANK WILLIAMS.
(CHIEF FINANCIAL DIRECTOR
GLOBAL TRUST AND FINANCE BV)
EMAIL:lotteryhouse12@yahoo.com
Phone:234-1-7208325

Remember, all winning must be claimed not later than 29th SEP,2005.After
this date all unclaimed funds will be included in the next stake.Please note
in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please remember to
quote your reference number and batch numbers in all correspondence.

Furthermore, should there be any change of address do inform our agent as
soon as possible.Congratulations once more from our members of staff and
thank you for being part of our promotional program.

Note:
Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.

Yours faithfully,
Mr Ken Obiorah.
AFRO-ASIAN Zonal Coordinator.



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