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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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Fraud email example:

From: "citit1 consultant" <citit1@msn.com>
Date: Mon, 07 Nov 2005 14:24:05 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATION YOU HAVE WON

CONGRATULATION YOU HAVE WON
LUCKYDAY LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL
Address: Bezoekadres:
Laan van Hoornwijck 55, 2289 DG Rijswijk
Ref. Number: 132/756/4007
Batch Number: 538901527-BB67
EMAIL CITIT4@NETSCAPE.NET
TEL 31627330483
Attention: To international claimant,
We are pleased to inform you of the result of The Lottery Winners
International programs held on the 6TH of november 2005. Your e-mail
address attached to ticket number 27511465896-6410 with serial number
3772-510 drew lucky numbers 7-14-16-23-31-45 which consequently won in the
1st category, you have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay of €
1,000.000.00 (One Million euros)
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 where selected through a computer ballot
system drawn from over 20,000 company and 30,000,000 individual email
addresses and names from all over the world we hope with part of your
winning you will take part in our next year €10 million international
lottery. To file for your claim, please contact our fiducially agent (Mr.
MR ANDY DOVE Please reply to this E-mail Address:
CITIT4@NETSCAPE.NET
TEL 0031627330483:
Please Remember, all winning must be claimed not later than 13th of
November 2005. After this date, all unclaimed funds will be included in
the next stake.
N.B
**************************************************************************************************************
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.
Sincerely yours,
Mr.SIMON ROUP
Lottery Co-coordinator
Consumentenservice
Bezoekadres: Laan van Hoornwijck 55
2289 DG Rijswijk
http://www.luckyday.nl


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