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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: "Helen Monison" <freelotterypromo_360@msn.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2005 04:33:12 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS@YOUR EMAIL HAS BEEN SELECTED..

Freelotto Results
THE FREE LOTTO COMPANY
UK HEAD OFFICE
SUITE 23-30,LION TOWERS
CENTRAL LONDON
ENGLAND

Dear Winner,
 
We are please to announce you as one of the 10 lucky winners in the FreeLotto draw held on the November 18th 2005. All 10 winning addresses were randomly selected from a batch of 50,000,000 international emails.Your email address emerged alongside 9 others as a category 2 winner in this year's Annual
FreeLotto Draw.
 
Consequently,you have therefore been approved for a total pay out of 1,000,000 pounds (one million pounds) only.The following particulars are attached to your lotto payment order:
 
(i)  winning numbers:  08-18-25-32-33-40
(ii)  email ticket number:  FL754/22/76
(iii) lotto code number:    FL09622UK
(iv)  the file Ref number:  FL/04/736207152/UK
 
Contact our licensed and accredited claims agent for category "A"Winners
with the informatiom below:Your allocated claim agent details are are follows:

Mr. Fanison Williams
Chief Claims Officer
The Freelotto Company
TEL: 44 703 191 4340
FAX: 44 709 287 4307

N.B: Steps to claiming your prize;

1.Please quote your Reference number in all correspondence with the claims officer.

2.Winners must send thier names, address, telephone number and means of identification (international passport, drivers licence or work I'D card) to claim officer, via email or fax, to process the immediate payment of your prize.


Once again on behalf of all our staff,

CONGRATULATIONS!!!
 
Sincerely,
Fanison Williams Promotions Manager
The Lotto company
UK & Europe.
 
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The FreeLotto Awards is proudly sponsored by the Microsoft Corporation,the Intel Group,Toshiba, Dell computers, Mckintosh and a conglomeration of other international IT companies.The freelotto internet draw is held once in a year and is so organized to encourage the use of the internet and computers worldwide.We are proud to say that over 200 Million Euros are won annually in more than 150 countries worldwide.

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