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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: "National lottery" <nationallottery_2005@msn.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 10:21:07 +0000
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION !!!!!!!!!


NATIONAL LOTTERY 2005
PRINSENGRACT,5902 RH VENLO,THE NETHERLANDS
FROM: INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD DEPT.
REF: 22676688937-180
BATCH: 005274/09
 
BONUS LOTTERY PROMOTION PRIZE AWARDS WINNING NOTIFICATION !!!!!!!!!
 
We are please to announce you as one of the 10 lucky
winners in the National lottery draw held on  27TH
of November . All 10 winning addresses were randomly
selected from a batch of 20,000,000 international
emails. Your email address emerged alongside 9 others
as category 2 winners in this year's Annual Real lottery
Draw.
Consequently, you have therefore been approved for a
total pay out of (1,000,000$) ONE Million dollars.
The following particulars are attached to your lotto
payment order:
 
(i) Lucky numbers: 3, 98, 23, 39, 12, 56
(ii)Email ticket number: 1226768837-1805
(iii)serial number 5471323

Please contact the under listed claims agent as soon
as possible for the immediate release of your
winnings:
 
Mr. Peter Kofi
Claim agent,
The Nationallottery Claim agent Accra Ghana.
Email: pekoffi_chamber
@ yahoo.com
 
Once again on behalf of all our staff,
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
 
Yours Sincerely,
John Priestly
Promotions Manager
The National lottery Company
Netherlands & Europe.
 
N.B:
1.All claims are nullified after 30 working days from
today.
2. Your Ref number must be in all your mails with the
claims officer.
3. Do inform the claims agent of any change of names
or addresses.
4. All winners under the age of 18 are automatically
disqualified.
______________________________________________
The Lottery Awards is proudly sponsored by the
Microsoft Corporation, the Intel Group, Toshiba, Dell
Computers, Mackintosh and a conglomeration of other
international IT companies. The National lottery Internet
draw is held quarterly every year and is so organized
to encourage the use of the Internet and computers
worldwide. We are proud to say that Over 200 Million
dollars are won annually in more than  150 countries
worldwide

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