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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: "fred gezi" <fredgezi23@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 13:01:00 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS

CONGRATULATIONS


FROM THE OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT
LUCKYDAY E-MAIL LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL
PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPT
www.luckyday.nl

BATCH NO: PTP/31211214257/190888/2202
REF. NO: PTP/21449267220/255100//2202

WINNING NOTIFICATION / FINAL
NOTICE...CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

This is to inform you of the release of the E-MAIL LOTTERY
BALLOT INTERNATIONAL/ WORLD GAMING BOARD held on the 25TH
of March, 2005. Due to the mix up of numbers,the results
were released on the 26th of JULY 2005. Your name attached
to ticket number 21902 with serial number 918735625 drew
the lucky numbers of 21-8-18-32-45-42 which consequently
won the lottery in the 1st category.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum payout Of
2,000,000.00 Euros in your favour as beneficiary and
covered with HIGH INSURANCE POLICY

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
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 your contact telephone and fax number to begin the
processing of your claim:

CONTACT NAME:ANDREW Hills
LOTTO CLAIM AGENT
EMAIL: fredgezi20@hotmail.com or 24hours helpline:
+27-73-961-2348

Note that all winning must be claimed not later than 30th
of September 2005. After this date all unclaimed, funds
will be included in the next stake.

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.

Yours Sincerely,

Mrs. Adam Smith.

_________________________________________________________________
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