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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: "mherry@go.com" <mherry@go.com>
Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2005 10:17:50 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!! YOU HAVE BEEN SELECTED AS A WINNER


LOTTERY WINNING NOTIFICATION (FINAL NOTICE)

FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
LUCKY DAY LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL

Dear Sir/Madam,

We are pleased to inform you of the result of our computer random selection
for the LUCKY DAY LOTTERY International program held on 15th October,2005
in Amsterdam-The Netherlands.Your email address, attached to ticket number
205-11465886-629, with serial number 3772-99 drew the lucky numbers
7-14-17-23-31-44, and consequently won the lotto in the "A" category.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of One Million
United States Dollars (US$1,000,000.00) in cash credited to file REF
NO:Ref.No LDL/2311786008/01

The online cyber lotto draws was conducted from an exclusive list of 25,000
e-mail addresses of individual and corporate bodies picked by an advanced
automated random computer search from the internet. No tickets were
sold.After this automated computer ballot, your e-mail address emerged as
one of two winners in the category "A" with the following:

Ref Number: LDL/2311786008/01
Batch Number: 14/011/IPD
Ticket Number: 205-11465886-629

You as well as the other winner are therefore to receive a cash prize of
$1,000,000.00.( One Million United States Dollars Only) each from the
total payout.

Your prize awards has been insured with your e-mail address and will be
transfered to you upon meeting our requirements, statutory
obligations,verifications, validations and satisfactory report.

To begin the claims processing of your prize winnings you are advised to
contact our licensed and accredited claims agent for category "A"Winners
with the informatiom below:
Your allocated claim agent details are are follows,

Company name: Zennitt Securities and Finance
Director of Operation: Mr.Cooly Pete
Tel/Fax:+31-847-196-529,Fax: +31-847-560-839
E-mail: zennittsec_nl@walla.com or zennitt_sec@financemail.net

NOTE: All winnings must be claimed not later than four weeks.After this date
all funds will be returned to the LOTTERY TREASURY as unclaimed lottery
prize.Remember to quote your reference number and your Batch numbers in
every correspondence with your claim agent.

Please note that your claims agent will assist you in the processing and
remittance of your prize funds into your designated bank account or any
means of payment suitable to you.

Furthermore, should there be any change in your address, do inform your
claims agent as soon as possibe .Anybody under the age of 18 and member of
the affiliate agencies are automatically not allowed to participate in
this program.

Congratulations once again while urging you to contact your claim agent
as soon as possible.

Yours Faithfully,
Mrs.Jones Clemens (Games/Lottery Coordinator).
LUCKY DAY LOTTERY PROMOTION
Laan Van Hoornwijk 55,2289 55, 2289 DG Rijswijk
Amsterdam-The Netherlands
Tel/Fax: +31-847-300-675,Fax: +31-847-300-676

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