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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: "abonne lotto" <abonneelotto@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 14:53:58 +0200
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION!!!!!

WORD LOTTO ABONNEE INTERNATIONAL.
DENNERODE STRAAT 1290,
1289 NW AMSTERDAM,
NETHERLANDS.


FROM: ANNA KATE
THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS
WINNING NOTIFICATION.

We are pleased to inform you of the Word Lotto Abnonnee
International held on 24-10-2005 of your selection as one of
the five Lucky winners the Word Lotto Abnonnee
International promotions held recently as part of our end
of year Bonaza.
You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of
US$1,000,000 (One Million Dollars only) in cash credited to
file
REF NO.SLI/10098/5909009/14,BATCH O.888S/802Q/104356,TICKET
NO.3401.

We in WORD LOTTO ABNONNEE INTERNATIONAL is by this
program, Launching our model computer balloting lottery
draws, developed and designed to satisfy the cravings of
the ever-growing number of participants in our various
lottery programs. With funds accrued exclusively from
previous draws, payouts to all winners are guaranteed and
will be transferred in record time.After randomly selecting
100,000 participants from an initial database of 300,000
emails all participants were selected through a computer
ballot system from the Middle East, Asia, Africa, Canada,
Europe, USA and South America as part our International
Promotions Program, which was conducted in view of
launching ourselves into the Sweepstakes Industry Worldwide
and
zoning all participants by their respective continents from
across the
globe, we produced an extensive list from which you have
emerged as one of the winners of the Grand Draw prize.

To ensure a smooth collection of your winnings, the
transfer of your prize is to be handled by our
INTERNATIONAL CLAIMS DEPARTMENT.
You are to contact our INTERNATIONAL CLAIMS OFFICER by
email or Telephone within a week of receiving this notice.
Please find full contact details below:
DR. JOHN LEE,
Tel: 0031-627492741.
email: claimdept@walla.com
Also find all other relevant winning lottery information
below:
LUCKY NO:0098976.
Also send your Name, Telephone and Fax numbers when
replying our Claims Officer. Remember, you must contact
your claims Officer not later than a week of receiving this
notification. After this date, all funds will be returned
asunclaimed.
NOTE:
In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications,
please remember to Quote your reference and batch numbers
in every one of your correspondenceswith your Agent.
Furthermore, you are seriously advised to keep all winning
lottery
information and numbers from the public in line with our
company security protocol to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted abuse of this program by unscrupulous
individuals. Congratulations again from all our staff and
thank you for being part of our Promotions program.
Yours Sincerely,
MRS ANNA KATE.
THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
ABONNEE LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL.
N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the
winners will result to Disqualification. Please do not
reply to this mail. Contact your Claims Agent.



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