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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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Fraud email example:

From: marymclord@netscape.net
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 06:55:43 -0500
Subject: CONGRATULATION (YOU ARE THE WINNER)

Howth road, Dublin 3
Dublin - Ireland.
REF NUMBER: FL2/05/207152/UK/IE
BATCH NUMBER: 962901-PCF03
Sir/Madam,
We are pleased to inform aayou of the result of the Lotto jackpot final Winners International programs held on the 8th of February 2006 all games promotion. Your e-mail address attached to your lotto payment order:
1. Serial number: 45637-77UK/IE
2. Ticket number: GS56754/22/76UK/IE
3. Lotto code number: FL09622UK/IE
4. The file ref number: FL2/05/207152/UK/IE
The payment order (1)-(4), which consequently won in the 1st category, you have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of 2,500,000 (EURO) (TWO MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND EURO)
For security purpose and clarity, we advise that you keep your winning
information confidential until your claims have been processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some
participants. All participants were selected through a computer ballot
system drawn from over 20,000 companies and 30,000,000 individual email addresses and names from all over the world. This promotional program takes place every year.
This lottery was promoted and sponsored by world Leading Corporations
like The Free Lotto Awards, Microsoft Corporation, the Intel Group,Toshiba, Dell Computers, Apple computers and a conglomerate of other international IT companies. The free lotto Internet draw is held once in a year and is so organized to encourage the use of the Internet and computers worldwide.
We are proud to say that over 200 Million Euro are won annually in more than 150 c ountries worldwide. We look forward to your active
participation in our next year USD50 million slot.
To process your claim, please file in for your claim through our
Lottery Agent Alocated to your file as listed below, email address below:
LOTTERY COORDINATOR: MR RAYMOND BAKER
EMAIL ADDRESS: raymondbaker007@yahoo.co.uk
Your fund can be release from either of the following options and are
required to choose the mode in which you want your claim release to
you.
1. International Bank Draft
2. Certified cheque
3. Wired transfer
If you choose option 3, you are required to provide your account
detail.Note that, all winnings must be claimed not later than one month starting from today, failure to respond to this mail before one months time from today, all unclaimed funds will be null and void.
Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications,remember to quote your reference number and batch numbers in all correspondence. Furthermore, should there be any change of address do inform our agent as soon as possible. Congratulations once more and thank you for being part of our promotional program.
NOTE: YOU ARE AUTOMATICALLY DISQUALIFIED IF YOU ARE BELOW 18 YEARS OF
AGE.
CONGRATULATION IN ADVANCE
THANKS
MRS MARY MCLORD (FOR UNIVERSAL STAKES LOTTERY)
To process your claim, please file in for your claim through our
Lottery Agent Allocated to your file as listed below, email address below:
LOTTERY COORDINATOR: MR RAYMOND BAKER
EMAIL ADDRESS: raymondbaker007@yahoo.co.uk


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