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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: Ruth Norman <irishlotto2007@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: gfs2007@home.in.th
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 19:32:38 +0100
Subject: CONGRATULATION


IRISH LOTTO
LORD ISLINGTON TOWER
658 BURLINGTON ROAD
IE DUBLIN 4
REF NUMBER: SL/55/368/05
BATCH NUMBER: GSZ-583-ST-06-14-06
Email: irishlotto2007@yahoo.co.uk
DEAR SIR/MADAM,
We are pleased to inform you, THAT AS A RESULT OF OUR RECENT Lottery DRAWS HELD on the 14th June. 2006
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number 63538953216-435 with serial number 427-136 drew lucky
numbers 2 8 14 21 33 45 +26 which consequently won in the 2nd category. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of 4,000,000 (EUROS) (Four MILLION EUROS) Note that All participants in this lottery program have been selected randomly through a computer ballot system drawn from over 25,000 companies and 40,000,000 individual email addresses from all search engines and web sites. This promotional program takes place every year, and is promoted and sponsored by eminent personalities like the Sultan of Brunei, Bill Gates of Microsoft, Michael Dell of Dell Computers and other corporate organizations. This is to encourage the use of the Internet and computers
Worldwide.
For security purpose and clarity, we advise that you keep your winning information confidential until your claims have been processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claims and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants. We look forward to your active participation in our next year USD 75 million slot. You are requested to contact our clearance officer below to assist you with your winnings and subsequent payments. All winnings must be claimed not later than one month after the date of this notice.
You are therefore required to either visit our
accredited claims processing commission or contact
them immediately at:
GLOBAL FINANCIAL SECURITY,
105, BANK DRIVE,
LONDON,
NW2 2AB,
ENGLAND, (U K)

CONTACT: MR, WILSON DAVIES
EMAIL: gfs2007@home.in.th
http: Tel: +44-2070600941 Fax:+44-2070600942

You are to provide the below details to this
commission, to enable the speedy evaluation and
processing of your winnings. We advice that you adhere
strictly to their procedures to avoid any
disqualifications and subsequent cancellation
Please note, in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, remember to quote your reference number and batch numbers in all correspondence. Furthermore, should there be any change of address do inform our agent as soon as possible.
Congratulations once more and thank you for being part of our promotional program.
NOTE: YOU ARE AUTOMATICALLY DISQUALIFIED IF YOU ARE BELOW 18 YEARS OF AGE.
Sincerely yours,
SIR. MARK OTI
(LOTTERY COORDINATOR)
© 1996-2006 Irishlotto - all rights reserved -
Switzerland
Irish Lotto is a trademark of Eurolottoery
jackpot - 4002 Basel

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