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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: Amex Trust Agency <amextrustagency@sify.com> (may be fake)
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 14:09:29 -0400
Subject: NOTIFICATION:

WINNERS NOTIFICATION:

LOTERIA CL
C Don Jaime I nº11 2º
50.003 Zaragoza
Website: http://www.loteria.cl

WINNING NOTICE

We gladly wish to inform you of the International draws of the Kino
Loterial Draw held on the 26th of May, 2006 You along with 10 others were
selected winners under draws A30 in our 1st Bi annual program which
feature’s yearly.

However your e-mail address attached to ticket number 45-02-93-61 with
serial numbers 738-JY drew the lucky numbers 5-33-37-38-40-49 and
consequently won the lottery in the 2nd Category.

CONGRATULATIONS!!

Please be informed that all participants in this lottery program have been
selected randomly through a computer ballot system drawn from over 500,000
companies and 50,000,000 individual e-mail addresses.
Your funds are now deposited with a Finance and Security House who act as
our official agents to facilitate the payment of claims to winners.
However due to a possible mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you
keep this award strictly from public notice until your claim has been
processed and your money remitted. This is part of our security
protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of
this program. To begin your claim, please contact the claims agent the sole
representative assigned with the verification of any emergent winner.
Therefore all protocols laid
down by them (the finance firm) must be followed to facilitate your claims:

CONTACT: Mr. TERRY TREVOR
CLIENT SERVICE MANAGER,
AMMEX TRUST AGENCY
London, U. K.
Email: amextrustagency@sify.com

Also find all other relevant winning lottery
Information below:

Ref No: DKL/9318046 Batch: 52630/729//06
Draw No: DKL-4/028

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of US$1,400,000.00
(One Million, Four Hundred Thousand Dollars only) in cash credited to
file with Ref No: DKL/5935. For due processing and remittance of your prize
money, remember that you must contact your claim agent not later than
28th October, 2006. After this date, all funds will be returned as
unclaimed.

NOTE:
In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to
Quote your reference and batch numbers in every one of your
correspondences with your agent. Furthermore, should there be any change of
your address, do inform your claims agent as soon as possible.

Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our
Promotions program.

Sincerely,

Franklin Chacon.
The Promotions Manager

N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the
winners will result to Disqualification. Please do not
reply to this mail. Contact your claim agent. Also you
are automatically disqualified if you are below 18
years of age.

________________________________________________
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