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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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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.

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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
  
  1. They don't notify winners by email.
  2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
  3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
  4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
  5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
  6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
  7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • awanebi008@justice.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "National lottery promotion company" <custservicesinfo@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 14:47:15 +0000
Subject: ****CHECK YOUR ATTACHEMENTN N.A.L.O OFFICIALS******

NATIONAL LOTTERY PROMOTION COMPANY.
W.A.L.C PAYMENT DIVISION.
ACCRA GHANA WEST AFRICAN.

ATTENTION: Dear Winner:
NOTE1:*Download the attachment to fill your winning form. Your filled
winning form should submitted together with your full details.

2:*Keep your winning information confidential from any transfer agency as
they are informant to the INTERNATIONAL MONETARY CONTROL ORGANISATION
(IMCO), there will be no tax to pay if you keep to this warning! Winner must
display our official letters to anyone to avoid fraud and group of people
who scam with our official system to collect people's money.Therefore write
to only the email address given by the&nbsp; N.A.L.O OFFICIALS*** N.A.L.O***

NOTES 3:* Keep your winning email address carefully to avoid double claiming
and avoid giving out any information regarding your winning to anybody
except the *W.A.L.P officials. This warning is highly important asides
against the *N.A.L.P policy for two or more claimer's to apply using the
same winning reference; this may result to disqualification of winner's
file.

Dear lucky winner: Congratulations from the staffs of Western African
Lottery promotion&nbsp;Ghana Payment Zone, in collaboration with the
International Software Organization who have been sponsoring this yearly
promotion. After the official verification on your winning references, we
here in wish to inform you that your email was selected and won in the
second category with your prize money amounting to $ 2,000.000 (Two millions
DOLLARS Only).Before this prize could be awarded to you, you have to be
acknowledged officially &amp; legally, this is why you need to obtain your
winning form and your court clearance. Once again congratulation over your
winning prize of has been the 2nd category of this raffle draw. However
there are two options by which you collect or claim your winning money.

(1)*You can come down personally to&nbsp;Accra Ghana&nbsp;for the signing up
and payment of your winning money cash with winner's form.

(2)*You can contact one of the foreign lawyer around who came to represent
some international winners like you He is to stand for you as witness here
in clamming your winning money in to your nominated account of your choice ,
in doing that you can contact this foreign lawyer who is presently here to
represent winners in various categories.

Hon Barrister Abiodun Babatunde Awanebi Co &amp; Chambers.

E-MAIL:awanebi008@justice.com
TEL: 00233242969280.
FAX: 00233277199152.

You can write an email to him informing him to represent you in clamming
your winning money in to your account given him all this details as follows.

Finally do note that the closing day for the clamming of your money is not
less than 25 days. The entire staffs of&nbsp;Western Africa&nbsp;Lottery
Organization Ghana Congratulates the Bonafide winner and wish you a lucky
return in our next Promotion.

Once more congratulations.
MR.ADREWS FLEGH
FOR THE VICE PRESIDENT.

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