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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: Mark williams <mwilliams_australialottery@yahoo.com.au>
Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2006 08:04:32 +1100 (EST)
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!! YOU ARE A WINNER IN OUR EMAIL LOTTERY.


Ref: 675161724
Batch: 9055490902/188
Winning no: QB8701/LNR
CONGRATULATIONS !!!

Dear Lucky winner,
We are delighted to inform you of your prize release
on the 31th of December 2005 from the Australian
International Lottery programme. Which is fully based
on an electronic selection of winners using their
e-mail addresses.Your name was attached to ticket
number; 675161724 9055490902 serial number
6741137002.

This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows
4-13-33-37-42 bonus number 17,which consequently
won the lottery in the second category. You here by
have been approved a lump sum pay of
US$200,000.00 (TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND
DOLLARS) in cash credit file ref: ILP/MW 47509/02
from the total cash prize shared amongst eight lucky
winners in this category. All participant were selected
through a computer balloting system drawn from Nine
hundred thousand E-mail addresses from Canada,
Australia, United States,Asia,Europe, Middle East,
Africa and Oceania as part of our international
promotion program which is conducted annually.This
Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a
conglomorate of some multinational companies as
part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the
commmunities where they have operational base.

Further more your details(e-mail address) falls within
our European representative office in
Amsterdam,Holland and London as indicated in your
play coupon and your prize of US$200,000.00 will be
released to you from this regional branch office in
NIGERIA. We hope with part of your prize, you will
participate in our end of year high stakes for US$1.3
Billion international draw.

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE:
Simply contact our fiducial agent, MR.THOMPSON PEDRO at:
thompsonpedro_australialottery@yahoo.co.uk to
file for your claim . Please quote your Date of
draw,reference, batch and winning numbers which can
be found on the top left corner of this and telephone
number to help locate your file easily. For security
reasons, we advice all winners to keep this
information confidential from the public until your claim
is processed and your prize released to you. This is
part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming
and unwarranted taking advantage of this programme
by non-participant or unofficial personnel.
Note, all winnings MUST be claimed by the 1st April 2006; otherwise all funds will be returned
as Unclaimed and eventually donated to charity
Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!

Best Regards,
Mr. Mark Williams
(For co-ordinator)

ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE
PART OF WINNERS WILL RESULT TO
DISQUALIFICATION.


**********Disclaimer************
This email and any files transmitted with it are
confidential and intended solely for the use of the
individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If
you have received this email in error please notify
Australia Lottery lnternational.This message contains
confidential information and is intended only for the
individual's name.




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