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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: "australia lotto" <dav_notification@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2006 23:39:25 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATION! YOU HAVE WON A LOTTERY

FROM:THE DESK OF THE VICE PRESIDENT INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARDS
DEPARTMENT AUSTRALIAN INTERNATIONAL SWEEPSTAKE LOTTERY COPORATION;at
www.australialotto.com
Date 20/01/2006
Ref: 575061725
Batch: 8056490902/188

Winning Numbers
1,2,26,30,40,21.



AWARD NOTIFICATION: FINAL NOTICE
Attn: Winner,
We are pleased to inform you of the lottery result winners of
Australian International Lottery Programmes held on the 20TH of JANUARY 2006
from the Australian International Lottery programme. Which is fully based on
an electronic selection of winners using their e-mail addresses.Your name
was attached to ticket number; 675061725 9356460902 Serial Number
67749137002. This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows 2-9-23-35-46
bonus number 14, which consequently won the lottery in the second category.
You are here by have been approved a lump sum pay of US$800,000.00 (EIGHT
HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS) in cash credit file ref: ILP/HW 46704/03 from the
total cash prize shared amongst Eight lucky winners in this category.

YOU ARE A WINNER!!!!



Due to mix up of some numbers and names, you are advised to keep
your winning information confidential until your claims has been processed
and your money remitted to your nominated bank. This is part of our security
protocol to avoid double claims and unwarranted abuse of this programme by
some participants. All participants where selected through a computer/mail
balloting system drawn from Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses from
Canada, Australia, United States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and
Oceania as part of our international promotions program which is conducted
annually.

This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomorate of some
multinational companies and also the Australian Government as part of their
social responsibility to the citizens in the commmunities where they have
operational base. Further more your details (e-mail address) falls within
our European representative office in Amsterdam, Holland, as indicated in
your play coupon and your prize
of US$800,000.00 will be released to you from our regional branch office in
EUROPE. We hope with part of your prize, you will participate in our end of
year high stakes for US$2.3 Million international draw.

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE: Simply contact our claims agent, MRS.
MIRIVA GREEN AT mirivagreen@yahoo.com.
To file for your claim . Please quote your Date of draw,Reference Number,
Batch Number and Winning Number, which can be found on the top-left corner
of this message. Also, you should give in your 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 has been released to you and also to the public. 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 before the 31th of
JANUARY2006; otherwise all funds will be forfited. Congratulations once
again on your winning!


BEST REGARDS
DAVID WOLF.
(LOTTERY COORDINATOR)

PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL. CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT AT :
mirivagreen@yahoo.com.


ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF WINNERS WILL RESULT TO
DISQUALIFICATION


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