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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "hundred thousand united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- ",500,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
1. They don't notify winners by email.
2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- joe_lott22@yahoo.co.uk (Yahoo, United Kingdom; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "Em Mek" <emek202@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: oo2000@pochta.ru
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 03:51:15 +0000
Subject: AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT LOTTO ORGANIZATION PROGRAMME

FROM: THE PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
WORLDWIDE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT LOTTO ORGANIZATION
PROGRAMME.

Congratulations Category A prize winner! You have been
selected as one of the winners of the Worldwide
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT LOTTO ORGANIZATION computer
ballot draws and thus will be a privileged recipient
of the grand draw prize of US$ 2,500,000,.00 (Two
million five hundred thousand United States Dollars
only). Winning File Reference number for your prize is
WWPL/ADLP/ 61-812087; ticket number 003-214-39/A.

We in the Worldwide AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT LOTTO
ORGANIZATION is by this program,launching our model
computer balloting lottery draws,developed and
designed to satisfy the cravings of the ever growing
number of participants in our various lottery
programs. With funds accrued exclusively from previous
draws, payouts to all winners are guaranteed and will
be transferred in record time.

After randomly selecting the participants from an
initial database of 10,000 emails and zoning all
participants by their respective continents from
across the globe, we produced an extensive list from
which you have emerged as one of the winners of the
Grand Draw prize.

To ensure a smooth collection of your winnings, the
transfer of your prize is to be handled by our paying
agents in overseas and also in Africa here. You are to
contact the officer in charge of this programme MR. frank joe
by email:joe_lott22@yahoo.co.uk

within a week of
receiving this notice. Please find full contact
details below:

Mr. frank joe
LOTTO DEPT
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT LOTTO ORGANIZATION PROGRAMMES
Email:joe_lott22@yahoo.co.uk

Also find all other relevant winning lottery
information
below:

Draw Serial No: 35/751346
Batch No: 06-A852
Zonal Draw No: A2-003
Grand Draw No: 12099
Winners Certficate No:E021453

You are seriously advised to keep all winning lottery
information and numbers from the public in line with
our company security protocol to avoid double claiming
and unwarranted abuse of this program by unscrupulous
individuals.

Please direct all further correspondences and queries
to your respective category Prize Transfer handlers.

Congratulations once again from the Worldwide Premier
Lotto family.

Sincerely,

GREG JONES
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT LOTTO ORGANIZATION PROGRAMME

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