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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: "oversea lottery" <londonadmin@overseaworld1.com>
Reply-To: rodney_moore03@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 10:18:10 +0000
Subject: BATCH NUMBER: AT-040-SB06-03

OVERSEAS LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL
LONDON.12 BRIDGE STREET,
STAINES MIDDLESEX TW18 4TP UK

REF NUMBER: OSL/653/029/03
BATCH NUMBER: AT-040-SB06-03

DEAR SIR/MADAM,

We are pleased to inform you, that as a result of our recent lottery
drew held on the 1th OCT 2005, your e-mail address was attached to
ticket number: 27522465896-532 with serial number: 652-662 drew lucky
numbers 7-14-18-23-31-45 which consequently won in the 2nd category. You
have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of 4,000,000 POUNDS
(FOUR MILLION POUNDS). Note that All participants in this lottery
program have been selected randomly through a computer ballot system drawn
from over 20,000 companies and 30,000,000 individual email addresses
from all search engines and web sites.

This promotional program takes place every year, and is promoted and
sponsored by eminent personalities such as the Sultan of Brunei, bill
gates of Microsoft inc. and other corporate organizations this is to
encourage the use of the internet and computers worldwide.For security
purpose and clarity, we advise that you keep your winning information
confidential until your claims have been processed and your money remitted
to
you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claims and
unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants.

We look forward to your active participation in our next year (2006)
USD50 millions lot.You are requested to contact our clearance officer
below to assist you with your winnings and subsequent payments. all
winnings must be claimed not later than one month After the date of this
notice.Please note, in order to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications,remember to quote your reference number and batch numbers in
all
correspondence.

Furthermore, should there be any change of address do not hesitate to
inform our agentas soon as possible. Congratulations once more and thank
you for being part of our promotional program.

NOTE: YOU ARE AUTOMATICALLY DISQUALIFIED IF YOU ARE BELOW 18 YEARS OF
AGE.

Sincerely yours,
MRS. JOY FRANK
(LOTTERY COORDINATOR)
YOU ARE ADVICE TO CONTACT THE PAYMENT DEPARTMENT FOR YOUR CLAIM.

MR.RODNEY MOORE.
PAYMENT DEPARTMENT MANAGER,
CASH CHANGE UK LTD
EMAIL ADDRESS: rodneymoore222@yahoo.ca
TEL:44-7031847702


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