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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: "Greenlands Lotto" <greenlands_lotto@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: uk_greenlands_lotto@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 10:26:45 -0900
Subject: END OF YEAR WINNER..... CONGRATULATIONS!!!!


GREENLANDS LOTTO,UK
THE DIRECTOR PROMOTIONS,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
REF:MCL/FLW/12-A782881207

ATTN:AWARD WINNER AWARD NOTIFICATION FINAL NOTICE

We are pleased to inform you of the announcement
today,12th of December, 2005 of winners of the
GREENLANDS LOTTO/INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS held on 1st of
August 2005.You/your company, attached to ticket
number 013-2316-2003-477, with fserial number A025-09
drew the lucky numbers 37-13-34-85-56-42, and
consequently won in category B. You have therefore
been approved for a lump sum pay out of
GBP£10,500,000.00 (Ten Million Five Hundred thousand
British Pounds) in cash credited to file REF NO. REF:
MCL/FLW/12-A782881207.This is from total prize money
of GBP£35,000,000.00 (Thirty-Five million British
Pounds) shared among the nine international winners in
the various categories. All participants were selected
through a computer ballot system drawn from 30,000
names from Australia, New Zealand, America, Asia,
Europe, Africa, USA and North America as part of our
International Promotions
Program, which will is bienni ally
conducted.CONGRATULATIONS!!
Your fund is now deposited with a Finance and Security
House and insured in your name. Due to the mix up of
some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this
award strictly from public notice until your claim has
been processed
and your money remitted to your account. This is part
of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or
unscrupulous acts by participants of this program.We
hope, with a part of your prize, you will participate
in our
high stake of GBP£20 Million International lotto that
comes up every ten years.To begin your claim, please
contact your claims officer immediately:

MR. FRANK PAYNE: franklyn_payne@yahoo.co.uk
Email: franklynpayne@representative.com

For due processing and remittance of your prize money
to a designated account of your choice. Remember, you
must contact your Claims officer not later than five
working days on the receipt of this notification.After
this date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed.
All correspondences should be sent to MR. FRANK PAYNE
by email and should have this email sent along with it
and importantly your email address to which this email
was sent should be clearly and boldly written in your
response. NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays
and complications, please remember to quote your
reference number in all your correspondences with your
Claims agent. And all inquiries should go to him, do
not bother to send requests to GREENLANDS LOTTO,UK.
Furthermore, should there be any change of your
address, do inform your claims officer as soon as
possible. Congratulations again from all our staff and
thank you for being part of our promotions program.

Sincerely,
MRS ROSE RADISIC
THE DIRECTOR OF PROMOTIONS
ONLINE CO-ORDINATOR.
GREENLANDS LOTTO,UK.

N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the
winners will result to automatic disqualification



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