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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: lottery disbursement <disbursement@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 01:31:50 -0700
Subject: YOU ARE A MILLION EURO WINNER/CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS DEPARTMENT


LUCKY DAY LOTTERY NETHERLANDS
FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
REF: LDL /2551256003/22
BATCH: 14/0017/IPD

ATTENTION:WINNER,

RE: AWARD NOTIFICATION/FINAL NOTICE

We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today 21st October
2005 that you are one of the winners of the
LUCKY DAY LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS
held on 25th September2005.

Your email,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 fIVE zonal(Africa,America,Europe,Middle East and Asia)stages with
the amount won by individual respectively and consequently you have won
the lottery in the 1st category.


You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of
1,000000.00Euro[One Million Euros]
Credited to file REF NO.LDL/2551256003/22.
This is from total prize of 17,000000.00(Seventeen MillionEuros)Euro
in 1st category shared among the seventeen international winners in this
category.

All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
15 million email addresses from across the globe as part of
International Promotions
Program,which will now be conducted annually.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

You are required keep this award to yourself
until your claim has been processed and your
money remitted to you as this is part of our
security protocol to avoid double claiming or
unscrupulous acts by participants of this program.

Through computer balloting you have been zoned for
your funds to be released in our Europe office which
is in United Kingdom.

To begin your claim,you are to write/contact
our Payment and Release Order department company's
customer service using details below:

====================================

LUCKY DAY LOTTERY PAYMENT AND RELEASE ORDER DEPARTMENT
MAIL TO: rels_dpmt@myway.com , infom_luckydaylottery1@yahoo.com
TEL: +44 703 190 8525,+44 703 190 4704
FAX: :+44 870 490 2497
=====================================

For due processing and remittance of your prize.
Remember,all prize money must be claimed
not later than two weeks after the day of
notification.After this date,all funds will be returned as unclaimed.

Yours Sincerely
MRS NAOMI DELLA
Promotions Manager

cc
Mr Gregory lester,Release order unit claims agent(1st category)

Mr Richard Parker(prize award department) claims agent (2nd category)
------------------------------------------------
The LUCKYDAY Awards is proudly sponsored by
the Microsoft Corporation,the Intel
Group,Toshiba,Dell computers, Mckintosh and a
conglomeration of other international IT companies.The
LUCKYDAY 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 over 200 Million Euros are won annually in
more than 150 countries worldwide.

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