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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: "AUSTRALIAN LOTTERY DEPARTMENT" <australianlotteryawards@msn.com>
Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2006 22:54:32 +0000
Subject: WINNING NOTICE...

CASH-OUT LOTTO BV
CASH-OUT PLAZA, SUITE 1102A
AMSTERDAM ZUID-OOST
AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRICE AWARD DEPARTMENT.


Date: 3/2/2006
Ref: ILP/HW 47509/02
Batch:05/763638/IPD
Winning no: 11 13 26 34 44 48


CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Dear Sir/Madam,
We are delighted to inform you of the result of the E-mail address ballot
lottery draw of the Australian cash-out lotto bv international
programme,which took place on the 23rd of January 2006.This is a computer
generated lottery of Internet users using email addresses for draws.
This lotto draw is fully based on an electronic selection of winners using
their e-mail addresses from different World Wide Web(www)sites.Your e-mail
address attached to ticket number: 275-189-657-23-05 with Serial number
8756-05 drew the lucky numbers and bonus ball number which subsequently won
you the lottery in the 2nd category.You have therefore been approved to
claim a total sum of US$250,000.00 (TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND U.S
DOLLARS) in cash credit file ref:ILP/HW 47509/02.
This is from the total cash prize of US$2,000,000 Million Dollars,shared
amongst the first Ten (10) lucky winners in this category.All participant
were selected randomly through a computer 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 programme which is conducted annually.This Lottery is being
promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of Multinational companies as part
of their social responsibility to the citizens in the communities 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$250,000.00 will be released to you from our
regional branch office in WEST AFRICA.
We hope with part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year
high stakes for US$1.3 Billion international draw.Our agent will immediately
commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you
contact him.

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE:
Simply contact your claims agent, REV. RODRIGUEZ WEIS at email:
(rodriguez06_australianlottery_ag@yahoo.com.au) by filling this form below
and send it to him to file for your claim .

LOTTERY WINNERS APPLICATION FORM OF PAYMENT.
FULLNAME.................................................
DATE OF BIRTH..................................
ADDRESS..................................................

SEX.........................
AGE..................................
MARITAL STATUS...................................
NATIONALITY...........................................
OCCUPATION...........................................
TELEPHONE..........................................
FAX......................................................
EMAIL.................................................
DATE......................................................
WINNER REF/BATCH NO...........................APPROVED FOR PAYMENT.

Please quote your reference,batch and winning number which can be found on
the top left corner of this notification as well as your full name, address
and telephone number to help locate your file easily.For security reasons,
we advice all winners to keep this information confidential(VERY SECRET)
from the public until your claim is processed and your prize money
remitted/released to you.This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid
double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this programme by some unscrupulous
elements,equally to guard against non
participant or unofficial personnel taking undue advantage of this
programme.

Note that, all winnings MUST be claimed by a STIPULATED TIME(ON OR BEFORE
7th febuary 2006); otherwise all funds will be returned as Unclaimed and
eventually be reabsorbed into our next lucky dip sweepstakes.

Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!

Yours in service,

Mrs. Mcmacoughey Lionel
Executive Co-ordinator(australian Lottery Inc).

Dr. P. Swier, Mr. Gerald Goodman (Manager Foreign Operations), Mr. Franklyn
Van Der Weijden (Manager Domestic Banking Operations), Dr. James Williams
(Director International Credit Department), Mrs. Sandra Murphy (Executive),
Mr. Michael Cole (Executive), Mr. Stephen Boer (Chairman).

PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS OFFICE, MAKE SURE YOU CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT
WITH HIS EMAIL ADDRESS AS WRITTEN ABOVE.

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


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