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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: "lottery board" <lottery_board_0077@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2005 10:43:04 +0200
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION

From: Mrs. Alexandria Moore.
EURO-AFRO-AMERICA LOTTERY
Headquarters: 32 LEDGERS WAY,
SOMMERSET, BA11 2UD LONDON,
UNITED KINGDOM.
Ref: EAASL/WPL3726/25
Batch: 2005/091/BK456
Dear Sir/Madam,

CONGRATULATIONS WINNING NOTIFICATION


We happily announce to you the draw of the Euro-Afro-American Sweepstake
Online Lottery International programs held in
conjunction with www.canada.com/lotteries on saturday, 29th october, 2005 in
Ontario, Canada. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: B9564
75604545 188 with!
Serial number 97560 drew the winning numbers: 4,14,19,25,26,49 Bonus
Ball(21) which subsequently won you the lottery in the 1st Division. All
participants were selected randomly from world-wide internet users through
computer drawing system and extracted from over 10,000,000 personal/company
email addresses.You can confirm the results by
clicking on this link
http://www.canada.com/lotteries/results.aspx?id=6
You have therefore been approved for a payout of US$ 1,820,000.00 (One
Million,Eight Hundred and Twenty Thousand United States Dollars) in cash
credited to file
KPC/9080118308/02. This is from a total cash prize of US$ 10.92 Million
dollars,
shared amongst the six lucky winners in this category world-wide.
Please note that your lucky winning ticket falls within our African booklet
representative office in Africa as indicated in your play coupon. In view of
this, your US$1,820,000:00 (One Million Eight Hundred and Twenty Thousand
United States Dollars) will be released to you by our corresponding paying
Bank in Johannesburg, South Africa as soon as your claim is verified and
approved by Our African fiduciary agent in London. He will immediately
commence the
process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him.
His contact
details are as follow;
MR. FRANKLIN COLE .
Tele:+44-703-1844-103
E-mail : lottery_board_2005@hotmail.com
Invesment Venture FINANCE company London, UK.

This promotion takes place annually. For security reasons, you are advised
to keep
your winning information confidential till your claim is processed and your
money
remitted to your account. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid
double
claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned. To file
for your
claim, please contact our African correspondent in London immediately with
the
following information;
1.Your fullnames
2.Your home address
3.Your telephone and fax numbers
4.Your date of birth
5.Your sex/marital status and
6 Your nationality.
7.Also forward your reference and batch numbers
included in this mail to him for the
purpose of verification in our system.
Please be informed that all winnings must be claimed within 30 days of this
notice.
To avoid unnecessary delay and complications, please quote your
reference/batch
numbers in any of your correspondence with our agents or us.
Yours Sincerely,
Mrs. Alexandria Moore.
United Kingdom Zonal Co-coordinator.
CONGRATULATIONS!!! US$ 1.82 MILLION DOLLARS WINNER.


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