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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: "chioceuklottery2006" <chioceuklottery2006@terra.com.mx>
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 19:28:05 -0600
Subject: +++Contact your claims agent for your prize money+++


Dear Sir/Madam,

NOTIFICATION OF YOUR EMAIL LOTTO WINNING:

We are pleased to inform you from CHIOCEUK ELECTRONIC LOTTERY INC.of the announcement today,Wednesday the 19th July,2006 as
one of the lucky winners of The our lottery draws, held on Sunday the 16th Of July 2006 as part of our E-business promotional
mid-year draws.
Participants in the draws were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 2,500,000 email addresses of individuals
and companies from Africa, America, Asia, Australia, Europe, Middle East, as part of our electronic business Promotions.
You qualified for the draw as a result of you visiting various
websites we are running the Electronic-business promotions for.Your email address, attached with REFERENCE NUMBER:
ZMA=424X-23P1-MNG, BATCH NUMBER: QN45-RSA with serial number 491-12 drew the lucky numbers 14, 19, 35, 29, 34,
12, 49, and consequently won the 2006 mid-Year draw.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of £2,500,000
in cash, which is the winning payout for First category winners. This
is from the total prize money of £66,500,000.00 shared among the seven
winners in the First category.
CONGRATULATIONS!
Your winnings should be claimed from our paying Agents. ( MEGAHAMM UK LIMITED)As we have notified them of this. Due to the
mix up that may arise from emails of winners and numbers,we ask that you keep this award strictly from public notice until
your claim has been processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our security
protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants
of this program. We hope with a part of your prize,you will
participate in our end of year high stakes £1.1 billion International
Lottery.To begin your claim, please contact our paying agent immediately:During office hours:9am-6pm(GMT)

MR.THOMAS DUCAN
MANAGER BROKERAGE SERVICE
MEGAHAMM UK LIMITED
Email:megahammfinltd@yahoo.co.uk
TEL: +44-7O3-197-3047

For due processing and remittance of your prize money.Remember you must
contact your claims agent not later than the 30th Of July 2006 after
this date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed.
To begin your Claim send to your claims agent the following
information by email.
1) YOUR BATCH AND REFFERENCE NUMBERS
2) YOUR FULL NAMES AND AGE
3) YOUR ADDRESS
4) COPY OF ANY IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENT OF YOURS.
5) CONTACT TELEPHONE, MOBILE PHONE NUMBER AND FAX NUMBER
Congratulations once again from all our staff.

Sincerely,
MRS.CYNTHIA RIONEY
THE LOTTO AWARDS MANAGER,
CHIOCEUK LOTTERY INC.

N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will
result to disqualification.This is to avoid any incidence of double claim.


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