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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: euromillionstoday@europe.com
Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 19:41:12 +0000
Subject: ELECTRONIC MAIL AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION

FROM: THE DESK OF THE E-MAIL PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
3b Olympic Way, Sefton Business Park,
Aintree, Liverpool, L30 1RD

REF NO: MSW-L/200-26937
BATCH: 2005MJL-01

RE: WINNING PAYMENT NOTIFICATION.

Sir/Madam,

We are pleased to inform you of the official announcement of the winners of her Euro Millions International Lotto held on Friday 11th November 2005.
You or your company, attached to ticket number 2F5-7HK-4329, serial number 53J-721B drew the lucky numbers 11-24-29-31-41-01, and
consequently won the lottery in the 3rd international category.

You have therefore been approved for a lump-sum Payout of Euro €850,000.00 (Eight hundred and fifty thousand EURO) in Cash credited to
file with Ref No: EURM/43172845/05 and Batch No: 31/6805G8/FM.This is from total prize money of Euro €17,000,000.00 shared among 20
international winners in this category.

All participants were selected through a computer balloting system drawn from over 150,000 companies and individuals from Australia, New Zealand,
Africa, Europe, North America, South America and Asia as part our International promotions program for the year, conducted bi-annually.

Congratulations!

Your fund is now deposited with our finance firm in the United Kingdom and Insured in your name. Due to the mix up of some numbers and names,
we ask that you keep this award strictly private and from public notice until your claim have been fully processed and your total prize money remitted
to you.This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or Unscrupulous acts by people in this program.

We hope with a part of your prize money, you will participate in our end of year high stakes of EURO €70 Million International lottery slot to be
held in December 2005.

For the immediate collection of your prize money, please contact directl your Cash out Payment Administrator in United Kingdom:

Mr.Gavin Morrison
Clerk Service Agency,
TEL: +447774116691.
EMAIL:gavinm@clerk.com

All prize money must be claimed before 30th November 2005, after this date all unclaimed funds/Winnings will be returned back to the treasury
as unclaimed and will be used for the next draws as rollover.

All correspondences to GAVIN MORRISON should have this email sent along with it along with your Contact Address, Country of residence and your E-mail
address.

Furthermore, should there be any change of your address, do inform our Payment Administrator as soon as possible.

Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our programme.

Sincerely,

MRS VERA ANDERSON.
THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
THE INTERNATIONAL LOTTO U.K

NOTE. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to instant disqualification.

PLEASE CONTACT GAVIN MORRISON BY TELEPHONE,OR EMAIL IMMEDIATELY





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