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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: "Mrs. Mar yam Van Duke." <glosweepmeglotto@netscape.net>
Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2005 19:21:36 -0600
Subject: FINAL AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION.

FFROM: GLOBAL SWEEPTAKES MEGALOTERIA ANNUAL LOTTERY PROMOTIONS.
WINNING NOTIFICATION FOR CATEGORY "A" WINNER.

Dear Lucky Winner,

RE: GLOBAL SWEEPTAKES MEGALOTERIA PRIZE AWARDS WINNING NOTIFICATION!

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual
Final draws of Global Sweepstakes
Megaloteria Lottery Programs held on the 9th, December 2005.

METHOD OF SELECTING WINNERS:
Participants were selected anonymously through online cyber ballot system
(Computer Ballot) from over 35,000
companies and 70,000 individual names and e-mail addresses all over the
world. At the final draw your
e-mail address emerged as the winner of our last jackpot.

This promotional program takes place annually as the year ends, and it is
promoted and sponsored by Orient
software corporation (Orient Networks).It is met to reward some individuals
and corporations who have
devoted their time and resources surfing the World Wide Web (www) .No
tickets were sold.

After this automated computer ballot, your e-mail address emerged as the
winner in the category "A" with the following:


Ref Number: 4549/337-5247/LNI

Batch Number: 26371545-LNI/2005

Ticket Number: 7746017

Draw Lucky Numbers: 821009-121

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of $ 1.000.000,00
(ONE MILLION USD),Congratulation!

Your prize award has been insured with your e-mail address and will be
transferred to you upon meeting
our requirements, statutory obligations, Verifications, validations and
satisfactory report.

To begin the claim processing of your prize winnings, you are advised to
contact our licensed and accredited
claim agent for category "A" winner with the information's below:

Mr. Milan Ahrens,

Financial Director,
Elite Trust and Finance Agency,
De Amsterdamse Poort, Bijlmerplein
888 1102 MG Amsterdam
1000 BV Amsterdam,The Netherlands.

E-mail: ElitAgency@netscape.net

TEL: +31 626 674 688

FAX: +31-84-727-7318

NOTE: All winnings must be claimed not later than the 29th of December
2005. After this date all unclaimed
funds would be included in the next stake. Remember to quote your reference
information in all correspondence.

Due to mix up of some numbers and names/programme abuse, we ask that you
keep your winning information
confidential until your claim 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 some participants.

Anybody under the age of 18 and members of the affiliate agencies are
automatically not allowed to participate in this program.

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.


Yours faithfully,

Mrs. Mar yam Van Duke.

Lottery Coordinator.


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