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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: "Carol Morgan" <carolmorgan02@msn.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 14:36:25 +0000
Subject: Congratulations!

Global Lottery Headquarters:
Customer Service
an Affiliate of Fund money International.
Arena Complex 103/106 MAYFAIR LONDON,
WC1A 3RE I.P.P Award Dept.
Ref: GLP/941OYI/03
Batch:05/10/MA34

WINNING NOTIFICATION:

We happily announce to you the draw of the Global Lottery Sweepstakes
International programs held on the 9th of December 2005 in South Africa.
Your email address attached to ticket number:56475600545 188 with serial
number :5388/05 drew the lucky numbers 23-17-14, which subsequently won you
the lottery in the second category. You have therefore been approved to
claim a total sum of US$2,000,000.00 (Two Million United States Dollars) in
cash credited to tileKPC/9080118308/03. This is from a total cash prize of
US$20 Million Dollars, shared amongst the first Ten (10)lucky winners in
this category.Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our
European booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your play
coupon.

In view of this, your US$ 2,000,000.00 (Two Million United States
Dollars)would be released to you by our security firm in Europe.Our
European agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the
release of your funds as soon as you contact him.

All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site through
computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 companies.This
promotion takes place annually.For security reasons, you are advised to keep
your winning informationconfidential till your claims is processed and your
money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize.
This is part of our precautionary measure to double claiming and unwarranted
abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements. Please be warned.

To file your claims, please contact our fiduciary agent:
Mr.John Cook
Email:johncook101@yahoo.com

To avoid unnecessary delay and complications, Please quote your
reference/batch numbers in any correspondences with our designated agent or
us.Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of
thisprogram.Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.
Sincerely,
Carol Morgan
Global Lottery Promo.



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