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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: "mark kanter" <irishlottery003@msn.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 00:03:52 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!!

The Irish Lottery
47 Meadow Vale,
Sligo, Ireland.
Ref: LSUK/2031/8161/05
Batch: R3/A312-59
SUCCESS ALERT:

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

We are pleased to announce to you the draw of the IRISH LOTTERY
PROGRAMME online Sweepstakes International Program held on wednesday 16th
November
2005.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial
number 5368/05 drew the lucky number: 21 which subsequently won the LOTTO
PLUS 1 prize. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of
350,000.00 Euros (Three hundred and
fifty Thousand Euros) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/05 of
Irish Lottery.
All participants for the online version were selected randomly from the
World Wide Web through a computer draw system and extracted from over
100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed
online.This promotion takes place weekly.
Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European
booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your play
coupon. In view of this, your 350,000.00 Euros would be released to you
by any of our payment offices in Europe(UK).
To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent:

MR Peter Cole.
Email:claims2006@netscape.net

That way your Winnings Certificate and all other relevant
documents/paperwork can be prepared for you. Note that all prize funds
must be claimed not later than One month. After this date all funds will be
returned to
the LOTTERY TREASURY as unclaimed. In order to avoid unnecessary delays
and complications, please endeavor to quote your Reference
Number(LSUK/2031/8161/05) and Bach Number(R3/A312-59)in every correspondence
with your agent.
Furthermore, should there be any change in your address, do inform your
claims agent as soon as possible. For security reasons, you are advised to
keep your winning information confidential till your claims is processed and
your money remitted to
you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize. This is part
of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted
abuse of this program. Please be warned.
Good luck from me and members of staff of the IRISH LOTTERY.

Yours faithfully,

MARY GRIFFIN(MRS).
Online Co-ordinator for IRISH LOTTERY SWEEPSTAKE PROGRAMME.


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