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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: "info_lotto" <globaltravels06@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2006 07:41:30 -0700
Subject: Congratulations


South Australia Lotteries
23 Rundle Mall, Adelaide,
South Australia.

(South Australia Lottories is an affiliate of Overseas
Subscriber Agents).
Arena Complex 14 Donegall Square West, United Kingdom.

From: Susan Console
(Lottery Coordinator)

Sir/adam,
We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on the 5th of
September 2006 from the Australian International Lottery programmed.

This is fully based on an electronic selection of winners using their
e-mail addresses.
Your name was attached to ticket number; 575061725 8056490902
serial number 6741137002 This batch draws the lucky numbers as

follows 4-13-33-37-42bonus number 17,which consequently won the
lottery in the second category.
You here by have been approved a lump sum pay of US$ 600.000.00( SIX

HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS) in cash credit file ref: ILP/HW
47509/02 from the total cash prize shared amongst eight lucky
winners in this category.

All participant were selected through a computer balloting system
drawn from Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses from Canada,
Australia, United States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania
as part of our international promotions program which is conducted
annually.

This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of some
multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the
citizens in the communities where they have operational base.
Further more your details (e-mail address) falls within our European

representative office in Amsterdam, Holland, as indicated in your play
coupon and your prize of US$600,000.00 will be released to you from
this regional branch office in United Kingdom.

We hope with part of your prize, you will participate in our end of
year high stakes for US$1.3 Billion international draw.
HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE: Simply contact our fiducially agent,
REV..DAVID ALEX Email{a_ustrlottery_agents@yahoo.com}
He will file for your claim. Please quote your Date of draw,Reference

Number, Batch Number and Winning Number, which can be found on
the top-left corner of this message.
Also,you should give in your telephone number to help locate your
file easily.For security reasons,we advice all winners to keep this
information confidential from the public until your claim is processed
and your prize has been released to you.

This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted taking advantage of this programmed by non-participant or
unofficial personnel.Note,all winnings MUST be claimed by the 29th of
September 2006; otherwise all funds will be returned as Unclaimed and
eventually donated to charity.

Congratulations once again on your winning!Best Regards Dr Scott Douglas
(For co-ordinate)
PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL.CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT
At:[a_ustrlottery_agents@yahoo.com

ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF WINNERS WILL
RESULT TO DISQUALIFICATION
Congratulations once again.
Yours in service,

Dr Martins Console


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