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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: "Precious Smith" <precioussmith11@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2005 07:56:09 +0000
Subject: YOUR $3.5M WINNING RESULT

Sweeps Stake Lottery
Euro-Afro-Asian Zonal Office
Affiliate of International Lottery organization.
58 Queens way, Suite 161. London W2 3RW England

CONGRATULATION!!!

WINNING NOTIFICATION

We happily announce to you the draw of the Euro -Afro Asian Sweepstake
Lottery International programs held on the 3/12/2004 in London. Your
e-mail
address attached to

Ticket number: 844 595434 6588C
Serial Number: 6395-408AWL
Batch Number: D51/10872004PDU
Lottery Reference Number: 63-76-95-27-14

which subsequently won you the lottery in the 3rd category.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of 1.75M Pounds
Stearling equivalent of S$3,500,000.00 (Three Million Five Hundred
Thousand
United States Dollars). This is from a total cash prize of US$35Million
Dollars,shared amongst the first hundred (10) lucky winners in this
category.Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our
European booklet representative office in London as indicated in your
play
coupon.

In view of this, your 1.75M Pounds Stearling equivalent of
US$3,500,000.00
(Three Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) would be
released to you by our security firm in London.Our European agent will
immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your
funds as
soon as you contact him.

All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site
through
computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 individuals and
companies.This promotion takes place only for this season before play
coupon
begins.

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 by some unscrupulous elements. Please be warned.

To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent Mr. Bendict
Scott
with the information below:

1.Name:
2.Address:
3.Marital Status:
4.Age:
5.Sex:
6.Country Of Residence:
7.Draw Number above

on:- ukpromotional_agent@hotmail.co.uk

To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, or call hotline +44 7040
119243

Congratulations, once more from all members and staffs of this
program.Thank
you for being part of our promotional lottery program.

DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL CONTACT YOUR CLAIM AGENT DIRECTLY.

Best Regards,
Mrs Jennifer P. Smith,
EURO-AFRO-ASIAN Zonal Coordinator


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For your claim contact
Agent Benedict Scott
Verification Unit Head
Fiduciary Agent Office
Directlines:- +44 7040 119243
Fax :- +44 7005 806371
Email:- ukpromotional_agent@hotmail.co.uk
        agent_benedictscott@yahoo.co.uk

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