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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: "falomo coker" <falomocoker01@msn.com>
Reply-To: faloo_ker@yahoo.ca
Date: Sat, 04 Feb 2006 17:15:23 +0000
Subject: **Congratulations!!! **NOTIFICATIONS**

FROM: GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED LICENSED LOTTERY PROMOTERS. WINNING NOTICE FOR
CATEGORY "A" WINNER.

Dear Lucky Winner,

ELEKTRONIK LOTTO PRIZE AWARDS PROMOTION,**WINNING NOTIFICATION** POWERED BY
AFFILATE FAL&CO.

we are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual
final draws of A Lotto International A Netherlands programs.

The online cyber lotto draws was conducted from an exclusive list of
25,000,000 e-mail addresses of individual and corporate bodies picked by an
advanced automated random computer search from the internet. No tickets were
sold. After this automated computer
ballot, your e-mail address emerged as one of two winners in the category
"A" with the following:



Ref Number: PC 9590 ES 9414
Batch Number: 573881545-LNG/2006
Ticket Number: PCP 3502 /8707

You as well as the other winner are therefore to receive a cash prize of
1,500,000.00. (ONE MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND EURO ONLY) each from the
total payout. Your prize

award has been insured with your e-mail address and will be transferred to
you upon meeting our requirements,statutory obligations, verifications,
validations and satisfactory report.

To file in for the processing of your prize winnings, you are advised to
contact our licensed and accredited claims agent for category "A" winners
with the information below:

Mr.Falomo Coker (JP),
Remittance Department Director,



E-mail: fal_omker@yahoo.ca


You are advised to provide him with the following information.s:

Names:
Phone/Fax number:
Nationality:
Ref Number:
Batch Number:
Ticket Number:

NOTE: All winnings must be claimed not later than 14 days. thereafter
unclaimed funds would be included in the next stake. Remember to quote your
reference information in all correspondence.

You are to keep all lotto information confidential, especially your
reference and ticket numbers. (This is important as a case of double claims
will not be entertained).Members of the affiliate agencies are automatically
not allowed to participate in this program.

Thank you and congratulations!!!

Yours faithfully,
Mr.Falomo coker.
Games/Lottery Coordinator.
Lotto International Netherlands
www.lotto.nl

this email may contain information which is confidential and/or privileged.
The information is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity
named above.

If you are not the intended recipient, be aware that any disclosure,
copying, distribution or use of the contents is prohibited. If you have
received this electronic transmission in error, please notify the sender by
telephone or return email and delete the material from your computer.


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