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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: "Winning Notification" <lagosmaye@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: mark2000chris@yahoo.de
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 12:37:15 +0100
Subject: Congrattulations.....

Customer Service: 680 NCA 85914
Ref: 074/05/ZY369
Batch: UK/9420X2/68
Zonal Draw No: GMLA2-005
Grand Draw No: 12099
WINNING NOTIFICATION:
We happily announce to you the draw of the Lagos Lottery International
programs, held on the 25th of March 2006 in Lagos Nigeria.Your e-mail
address attached to ticket number: 5647 5600 5465 5188 with Serial number
5368/05 drew
the lucky numbers: 19-6-26-17-35-47,which subsequently won you the lottery
in the 2nd category.You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of
Two hundred and Fifty Thousand US Dollars ($250,000) in cash credited to
file ktu/9023118308/03.This is from a total cash prize of $2,500,000(two
million five hundred thousand dollars).shared amongst
the first Ten(10) lucky winners in this category. All participants were
selected randomly from World Wide Website through computer draw system and
extracted from over 100,000 companies.
This promotion is the first of it's kind. Please note that your lucky
winning number falls within our west africa booklet representative office in
west african as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your
$250,000 in cash
credited to file KPC/9080118308/02, would be released to you by our payment
office in west africa(Nigeria).
Our west african agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate
the release of your funds as soon as you contact him. For security
reasons,you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till
your claim is processed and your money sent to you.This is part of our
precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this
program by some unscrupulous elements.Please be warned.
To file for your claim,please contact our (West Africa) fiduciary agent:
NAME: DR.Mark Chris
Email: mark2000chris@yahoo.de

To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your full
names,your country, your private Telephone and fax number,your
Reference/batch numbers etc in any correspondences with us or our designated
agent.
Please be informed that all winning must be claimed on or before 4th of june
2006.
Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this program.
Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.
Yours Sincerely,
Mr Aliu Afeez
NATIONAL LOTTERY ONLINE Co-ordinator.

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