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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:

Fraud email example:

From: Emirates Lottery Notification Desk <emirateslottoinfo_uae@islamabad.net>
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 16:58:23 +0400
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!!!


Xmas Bonus



NOTE: SEND YOUR RESPONSE TO

Customer Service Unit
CONTRACTED AGENCY: DOMINION AND ASSOCIATES LLC.
Mr. Obed Amin
Tel: + (971) 4 - 2062388
Email:obed_emirateslottoinfo@islamabad.net
49b street 12 Sheik zayed road,
Dubai.
UAE.


Programs and Events Department
The United Arab Emirates - Frontline Group
The National Lottery,
P.O. Box 20511,
Dubai.
UAE.

WINNING NOTIFICATION:
We are officially informing you of the result of the Frontline Lottery Winners International programs held on the 1st day of December, 2005 as part of our promotional programs for the year 2005. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number 77007742781005-18711 with reference number EGS/2251256003/02 drew winning numbers 7-00-71-00-66-49 and credited to batch number 121FTG, which consequently won in the 3rd category via our electronic ticket as stated above. You have therefore been approved for a pay of DHS975,000 (NINE HUNDRED SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND DIRHAMS ONLY), an equivalent to USD265, 000.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
We also advice that you keep your winning information very confidential as our security policy demands to avoid double claims/impersonation and unwarranted abuse of this program by some individuals.
The selection process was carried out through random selection from a database of over 500,000 email addresses drawn from all the continents of the world. This promotional program being the first of its kind will now take place annually and we hope with part of your winning you will take part in our next year Two Million Dirham International Lottery. To file for your claim, you will be contacting our Customer Service Unit, authorized to conduct the necessary verification to enable you receive total payment (You will receive more information upon your acknowledgment of this email). Forward response of acknowledgement of the above contracted agency.
This promotional lottery is promoted and sponsored by software corporations and other private organizations and we intend to use this medium to help individuals generate fortunes which would encourage them to expand their business frontiers thereby creating more opportunities and assisting with humanitarian concerns within their immediate environment. All winning must be claimed not later than One Month of Acknowledgment. After this date all unclaimed funds will be returned to Emirates Union Treasury as Unclaimed. After this date all winning funds will be included in our subsequent program. In order to avoid complications always quote your reference number in all correspondence.
N.B Anybody under the age of 16 is not allowed to participate in the end of year draw.

National Co-donator,
Mrs. Suzana N.vaye
(Programs & Events). TRACK No: 51024060223



Material Copyright © 2005 The Lottery Co. LLC.
The Lottery Company is in affiliation with, associated with
or approved or endorsed by Frontline Group LLC or The National Lottery Commission.
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The Frontline Lottery Promos Awards is proudly sponsored by the Microsoft Corporation, the Intel Group, Toshiba, Dell computers, Mackintosh and a conglomeration of other international IT companies. The Frontline LOTTERY internet draw in each quarter of the year and is so organized to encourage the use of the internet and computers worldwide. We are proud to say that up to Two Million Dirham are won annually in more than 150 Countries worldwide.


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