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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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Please note about this email:

Fraud email example:

From: "Free Lotto" <fre_ltt@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: brialloyds@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2005 09:06:51 +0000
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION

FREE LOTTERY PROMOTION INTERNATIONAL
PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPT
9 Chaucer House, Churchill gardens
London, SW1V 3DW
United Kingdom.
 
RE: WINNING NOTIFICATION..........CONGRATULATIONS!!!
 
This is to inform you of the release of the E-MAIL LOTTERY BALLOT INTERNATIONAL/ WORLD GAMING BOARD held on the 5th of September, 2005.
 
Due to the mix up of numbers, the results were released on the 30th of October, 2005. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 4156189324 under agent ID: 110 which subsequently won you the lottery in the 3rd category. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum payout of 1,000,000.00 GBP (Great Britain Pounds) in cheque drawn in your favour as beneficiary and covered with HIGH INSURANCE POLICY.
 
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 were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from only Microsoft users from over 20,000.00 companies and 3,000,000 individual email addresses and names from all over the world.
 
To begin your lottery claim, please contact our agent below that have been appointed for the processing of your claim with the email address below:
 
CONTACT NAME: Lloyds, Brian 
CITY/ COUNTRY: London, United Kingdom.
EMAIL:
brialloyds@gmail.com
 
Note that all winning must be claimed not later than 10 days of receiving this notification. After this date all unclaimed funds will be included in the next stake.
 
In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications remember to quote your WINNING NUMBER and AGENT NUMBER 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.
 
Yours faithfully,
Mrs. Victoria Johnson
 
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Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to disqualification. This E-mail message (including attachments, if any) is intended for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, proprietary, confidential and exempted from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, you are notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited.
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