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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: "lotto agency" <lotto_agency16@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: graham_doglas111@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 22:26:11 +0000
Subject: UK AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION

FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
CAMELOT LOTTERY UK <BR>REF: LP/26510460037/06 BATCH: 24/00319/IPD

RE: LOTTERY AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION FINAL.

We are pleased to inform you of the release today, 22nd of February,2006 of
the CAMELOT UK LOTTERY AGENCY'S INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION PROGRAMS held on the
17th of February 2006. Your name attached to Ticket Number 02511464992-750
with Serial Number 2113-05 drew the Lucky Number 3-18-19-30-32-39, which
consequently won the Lottery in the 3rd category. You therefore have been
approved for the lump sum payout of United States Dollars $547,828.87 (Five
Hundred and Forty Seven Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty Eight Dollars &
Eighty Seven Cents only) in cash credit to the referenced file number REF:
LP/26510460037/05. This is from a total prize release of United States
Dollars $9, 313090.79 share among the Seventeen (17) International winners
in this same category.

CONGRATULATION!

Due to the mixed up of some numbers and names, we request that you should
keep this Award Notification a top secret from the public until your total
Won Prize is processed and your amount (WON PRIZE) is released to you, as
this is part of our security protocols/measures put in place to checkmate
malpractices and to avoid double claiming of awards or unwarranted taking
advantage of this program. NOTE that all participants in this lottery
exercise were selected through a Computer Ballot system drawn from 25,000
existing names from Australia, USA, Europe, Asia, New Zealand, Middle-East,
South and North America as part of our International Promotions Program
(I.P.P), which we conduct once in every year. You should therefore count
yourself lucky that your own name was selected amongst other names and you
emerged a lucky winner in this 2006 edition of this program. CONGRATULATIONS
ONCE AGAIN! We also hope that with a part of your prize, you will take part
in our end of the year High Stake Euros 300 Million International Lottery
program.

To redeem your prize, please contact the Issuing Authority, attention of Mr.
Graham Doglas ( Your Prize Claims Agent and Our Foreign Service Manager) ,
for instant processing and disbursement of your total won prize to you as
approved by the promotion management. Contact your Lotto Agent, Mr. Graham
Doglas via email: graham_doglas111@yahoo.co.uk
Remember, all "Won prizes" must be claimed not later than 7th of March 2006.
After this date, all funds unclaimed would be returned to the organizers of
this promotion as unclaimed prizes. In order to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications, please remember to quote your File Reference and Batch
numbers in every of your correspondence with your agent. Should there be any
change in address of any beneficiary, do not hesitate to inform your claim's
agent as soon as possible. Please remember also to ask for your Prize Claim
Certificate (Lotto Winning Certificate).

CONGRATULATION FOR BEING PART OF OUR PROMOTION PROGRAM!

Best regards,

FROM THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
(CAMELOT LOTTERY UK )

N/B: The CAMELOT UK LOTTERY Program is proudly sponsored by the Microsoft
Corporation, the Intel Group, and Toshiba, Dell computers, Mackintosh and a
conglomeration of other international IT companies. The CAMELOT UK LOTTERY
internet draws is conducted annually and it is organized to encourage the
use of the internet and computers worldwide. We are proud to say that up to
($50,000,000.00) Fifty Million United States Dollars are won annually in
more than 150 countries worldwide.



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