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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: "Mrs.Carol Hunter." <carolhunter029@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2006 22:38:54 +0700
Subject: CONGRATULATION YOU HAVE WON THE NATIONAL LOTTERY


DATE- Thursday 8 June 2006

THE NATIONAL LOTTERY
AN CRANNCHUR NAISIUNTA
An Post National Lottery Company.
www.lotto.ie
We are pleased to inform you of the result of The Friday May 19, 2006
National Lottery Email Program which has been released.Your
Email address attached to ticket number 5-4-3-2-1-0
with serial number 2113-05 drew the lucky numbers
03 05 25 34 49 05 08 which consequently won the lottery in the 1st
category.
You have therefore been approved to recieve the sum
of(€15,000,000 Million Euros)
in cash credited
to file EAASL/941OYI/02/STXN.
This is from a total cash prize of €150.000.000Million Euros
shared amongst
the first fifty (10) lucky winners in thiscategory.
All participants were selected through a computer
ballot system drawn from 25,000 names and email
addresses from all continent of the world as part of
our international promotions program which we conduct
twice every year
To begin your claim please contact your claims agent:
Barrister Owen Smith,
Claims Agent office in london.
Phone: (+447031908617)
Email:barr_owensmith1@yahoo.co.uk<http://uk.f273.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=barr_owensmith1@yahoo.co.uk>
Your claims agent will assist you in theprocessing
for the remittance of your prize funds pending on your
choice of payment.
Note that all prize funds must be claimed not later
than One month.
After this date all funds will be returned to the
LOTTERY TREASURY as
unclaimed. In order to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications,please endeavor to quote your Reference
(TNL/776/05/EGS) and Batch numbers (02/01/0078) in
every correspondence with your agent. Furthermore,
should there be any change in your address, do inform
yourclaims agent as soon as possible.
Congratulations once again from all members of our
staff and thanks for
being part of our promotions program.
Yours faithfully,
Mrs.Carol Hunter.
Promotions Manager
THE NATIONAL LOTTERY

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