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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: "WEATHER LOTTERY PROGRAM" <wlotto_01@msn.com>
Reply-To: mribrahim_235@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2005 11:05:34 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!/FINAL NOTIFICATION 19/12/2005

                                                         
 
  
THE WEATHER AUSTRALIAN INTERNATIONAL 
LOTTERY PROGRAMMAE 2005
 
Date: 19/12/2005
Ref: 7458222754
Batch: 905534213/255
Winning no: XB3/701/LNRC



                                                    
CONGRATULATIONS!!


Dear Lucky winner,

We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on the 30th of September 2005 from the weather Australian international lottery programme 2005, Which is fully based on an electronic selection of winners using  Your name was attached to ticket number; 7458222754,905534213 serial number 6741137002.

This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows 2-17-43-47-52 bonus number 17,which consequently won the lottery in the second category.

You here by have been approved a lump sum pay of  $200,000.00 (TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND AMERICAN DOLLARS) in cash credited  file/ref no: ILP/MW 47509/02 from the total cash prize shared amongst eight lucky winners in this category. All participant were selected through a computer balloting system drawn from Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses from Uk,Canada, Australia, United States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our international promotions program which is conducted annually. And we are using this to mark our 2005 end of the year.

This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by conglomerates of some multinationals companies as part  of their social responsibility to the citizens in the communities where they have operational base.

Further more, your details (e-mail address) fall within our African representative office in Nigeria, as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of  $200,000.00 USD, will be released to you from this regional branch office in London. Simply contact our Claim Agent 
with this Information;
 
NAME; Mr. S.M. IBRAHIM.
TEL #; +234-80372-04372

We hope with part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year high stakes for $1.3 million international draw.

Please quote your Date of draw, reference, batch and winning numbers, which can be found on the top left corner of this and telephone number to help locate your file easily. For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your prize released to you.

This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this programme by non-participant or unofficial personnel.

Note, all winnings MUST be claimed on or before 10th of  January 2006; otherwise all funds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually donated to charity Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!

Best Regards,
Mrs. Helina Deakin
{PROMOTION MANAGER}

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