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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: "agentlogan" <agentlogan@britpost.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 23:08:20 +0100
Subject: Notification

Re: Award Notification

We are pleased to inform you of the announcement of your selection as one of the five winners of the promotional Free Lotto Sweepstakes held recently as part of our EXPERIMENTAL BONANZA. You have therefore been approved for a joint lump sum pay out of 900,000.00 British Pounds (Nine Hundred thousand British Pounds only).

We in the Free Lottery Sweepstakes 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 15,000 participants from an initial database of 300,000 emails all participants were selected through a computer ballot system from the Middle East, Asia, Africa, Canada, Europe, USA and South
America as part our International Promotions Program, which was conducted in view of launching ourselves into the Sweepstakes Industry Worldwide 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.

You are to contact our agents by email or fax within a week of receiving this notice. Please find full contact details below:

Mr.Ian Reed
Alphaconsult Ltd
United Kingdom
Email:ianreed@spymac.com
Tel: 44 703 194 0089
44 703 194 0696
Fax: 44 870 1277 461
44 870 134 7673


In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember
to quote your reference and batch numbers in every one of your
correspondences with your claims agent

Ref No: AFSL/HTF/12-F892697954
Batch No:74-263-BBN
Zonal Draw No: GMLA2-003
Grand Draw No: 12099

N.B:Steps to claiming your prize;

1.Winners will be required to pay 920 British pounds only or its equivalence in your local currency as fee before claiming their prize for the processing and handling of award by an agent if they are unable to be physically present

2.Kindly fill the form below to enable us process your prize.



FULL NAME...............................................
COMPANY NAME: ........................................
FULL ADDRESS:...........................................
SEX:.................................
AGE................................
OCCUPATION..........................
TEL.......................FAX................ (If any)
COUNTRY................................
NATIONALITY.............................
NEXT OF KIN................................
E-MAIL..................................
AMOUNT WON..................................
HAVE YOU A PASSPORT OR LICENCE.............(identification on delivery)


INDICATE PREFERRED MODE OF PRIZE COLLECTION:
(A) CHEQUE

(B) DRAFT

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF COMPANY/ INDIVIDUAL:
.............................................................
.............................................................
............................................................
____________________________ ____________________________
Date. Signature.






Congratulations once again.
Sincerely,
Ms Freda Logan,
Freelotto Ltd
PO Box 42
Peterborough
PE3 8XH
United Kingdom


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