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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: l.b_39@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2006 12:21:32 -0800
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS '' YOUR WINNING NOTIFICATION ''.

FROM THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS AWARD DEPARTMENT CANADA.

Date: Fri Jul 7, /06,
Ref: MXE/061725/06,
Batch: TXC/6490902/188,
Winning No: Quot 3/4

CONGRATULATIONS

Sir/Madam,

We are delighted to inform you of your winning prize release on the Fri July 7, 2006
from the Canadian International Lottery program.

Your name "email address" was attached to ticket number: B/7056490902, serial number:
889002/04/05/2006. This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows 8 9 20 27 32 40 46
bonus number 41 , which consequently won the lottery in the second category.

You hereby have been approved lump sum pay of US$ 1,620,000.00 (ONE MILLION, SIX
HUNDRED AND TWENNTY THOUSAND DOLLARS) in cash credit file ref: ILP/HW 474061720/05
from the total cash prize of US14, 000,000.00 shared amongst sixteen lucky winners,
based on their category.

This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by some multinational companies as part of
their social responsibility to the citizens in the communities where they have their
operational base.

Please do contact your Claim Agent:

MR WILSON DUBE (M.D).
CANADIAN LOTTERY BOARD
Phone: + 27 78 152 7272.
Fax: - + 27 11 507 5835
Email: wilsondube29@hotmail.com

Please, quote your reference, batch and winning number which can be found on the top
left corner of this notification as well as your full names and address to help
locate your file easily.

Congratulation

Susan Davies (coordinator)
Address: 1450 Don Mills Rd.,
Don Mills, Ont. M3B 2X7
Tel/fax: 1 831 303 7536
www.canada.com

Note: your confirm your winning by clicking on the following information:
{http://www.canada.com/findit/lotteries/results.aspx?id=7}


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