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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: "FREE LOTTO AWARD" <freelottodesk@sympatico.ca>
Reply-To: claimsagentdanny22@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2006 15:49:53 +0000
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION/YOU ARE A WINNER

FREE AWARD DEPT.
16 Broad Street,
Woolich, Middle Essex
United Kingdom.
London.
www.freelotto.com 

                                    WINNING NOTIFICATION

This is to notify you of the release of the lottery winning results, held on 8th of January 2006. Due to the mix up of numbers, the results were released on the 26th of January, 2006. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 703218509 under agent ID: 18 and lucky ball number 11,13,26,34,44,48,02 which subsequently won you the lottery in the 4th category.You have therefore been qualified for a lump sum payout of £375,000 (Three Hundred and Seventy five thousand Great British Pounds Sterling) in cash drawn in your favor as the soul beneficiary and to protect against theft an insurance cover with the HIGHEST LEVEL OF INSURANCE POLICY called the IRREVOCABLE GURANTY BOUND has been taken your prize. That makes the prize NON-DEDUCTABLE.

Due to mix up of some names and winning number, we ask that you keep your winning information with confidentiality until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to you, in your perspective country. Because this is part of our new security protocol to avoid double claiming and forgery of winners identity in this program by some unscrupulous elements. You are to be rest assured on how you are a winner, when you never played any lottery. Is because all participants were selected through our Microsoft computer ballot draw system. And as far as you use the Internet. Microsoft we help us extracted over 20,000.00 companies and 3,000,000 individual email addresses and names from all over the world.

To begin your lottery claim, please contact your claim’s agent below that has been appointed for the processing of your claim with the email address below:

AGENT CONTACT NAME: Mr. Danny Boer
EMAIL: 
claimsagentdanny22@yahoo.com
Tel:        +44 703 191 1835

Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please remember to quote your WINNING NUMBER in all correspondence.

NOTE: All winners are to claim their winning prize not later than 2(two) weeks (14 days) of their winning notification, because we have to be fast in starting another another draw this New Year and we want to use this opportunity to give out 150 Million Pounds Sterling as a New Year gift.

Note: if you are not interested in claiming your prize. You are advised to draft this office your REFUSAL LETTER indicating strictly that you are not interested in your winning prize and it should be used for the next draw. And I promise you will never hear from me again. Furthermore, should there be any change of address do inform our agent as soon as possible.

The Free Award lottery company is proudly sponsored by Azez Oil Company. Located in Saudi Arabia and also the Free Award Internet draw is held four times in a year, because we want to encourage the use of Internet round the Globe and as a New Year, so this £375,000 is like a New Year gift to our lucky winners. So I will like to congratulate you for being a winner of the first section of free lotto at the Beginning of 2006.

And we are proud to say that over 150 Million Pounds Sterling is won annually in More than 400 countries worldwide.

Thank you once more for your participating with us once more.

Your Sincerely,
Mr. George Peterson,
Public Relations Officer

OUR Executives:Dr. P. Swier (CEO), Mr. Gerald Goodman (Manager Foreign Operations), Mr.Franklyn Van Der Weijden (Manager Domestic Banking perations),Dr. James Williams (Director International Credit Department), Mrs. Lonni K Anderson (Legal Representative), Mrs. Lyudmyla Marchukova(Regional Manager),Mr. Stephen Boer (Chairman), Mr. Chris oritz(International Relation Officer).

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