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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: "Charles Sono" <charlessono@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: national_lotteryclaime2006@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 05:14:21 -0500
Subject: CONGRATULATION!! WINNING NOTIFICATION

From Australia/Euro-Afro-American-Sweepstake Lottery
Headquarters: 1a, Bexon Court Carlton
Nottingham shire NG4 1SQ Melbourne Australia.
Customer Service: 580 NCA 85914
Ref: EAASL/941OYI/04
Batch: 12/25/DC34
Dear Sir/Madam,

CONGRATULATIONS! LOTTERY WINNING NOTIFICATION

We happily announce to you the draw of the Australia/Euro-Afro American
Sweepstake Lottery International programs held on the 11th January 2006
in Melbourne Australia.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: B956475604545 188 with
Serial number 97560 drew the winning: 01/10/11/18/19/46, which
subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category. You have therefore
been
approved to claim a total sum of US$1,120,000.00 (OneMillion, One Hundred
and Twenty Thousand United States Dollars) in cash credited to file
KPC/9080118308/02.This is from a total cash prize of
US $2,440,000,000 dollars, shared amongst the first One Hundred (100) lucky
winners in this category world-wide.

Please note that your lucky winning numbers falls within our Afro booklet
representative office in Southern Africa as indicated in your play coupon.
In view of this, your US$1,120,000.00 (One Million, One Hundred and Twenty
Thousand United States Dollars) would be released to you byABSA Bank South
Africa.Our corresponded office/agent in Southern Africa will immediately
commence the process to facilitate the release of your
funds as soon as you contact them. All participants were selected randomly
from World Wide Web site through computer draws system and extracted from
over 15,000,00 companies.

This promotion takes place annually. For security reasons, you are
advised to keep your winning information confidential 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 avoid double
claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous
elements. “PLEASE BE WARNED”. To file for your claim,
please contact our corresponding office/agent in South Africa immediately
you
read this message for quick and urgent release of your fund.

Contact information’s are as follow:

Contact Person. Mr Smith Dingani
EMAIL: national_lotteryclaime2006@yahoo.com
TELEPHONE LINE: + 27-73 123 6630

Please be informed that all winning must be claimed on or before 30 days
upon the receipt, to avoid unnecessary delays and complications. Please
quote your reference/batch numbers in any correspondences with our
designated office/agents or us. Congratulations once more from all
members and staffs of this program that have successfully won this
competition and thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.

NOTE: Please, as soon as you are in contact with our Office/agent, kindly
keep us informed and your fund must be released under our instruction.
We are sorry for the late information.

Sincerely Yours,

Mr. Swarth A.Swarth
National Lottery
Australia zonal Secretary General.
Mrs. Teresa Allan.
National Lottery
Australia Zonal Co-coordinator.



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