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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.management@comcast.net (Lottery Award Company)
Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2006 10:11:41 +0000
Subject: CONSOLATION PRIZE WINNER NOTICE


POWERBALL LOTTO. Bv
POWERBALL LOTTO -wheel E-game 2006,

Date:5/10/2006
Ref Nr: PBL/CN/6654/CP
Dear Prize Winner,

CONSOLATION PRIZE WINNER NOTICE

Europe/ America private international e-games organizers and co-sponsors, POWERBALL LOTTO Group International, officially bring to your notice of the final draw result of the 4th 08 2006 POWERBALL LOTTO -wheel E-game which was conducted at our international corporate office complex in The UNITED KINGDOM.Most recently this foundation set up the NEW LOTTERY SCHEME to give out prizes based on COMPUTER BALLOT SYSTEM. By doing this the foundation seek to encourage the use of Internet for academic and business pursuits. Its major aim is to promote music, theater, art,literature,projects in the social and political arena with a focus on health, as well as science, research, higher education and enhance unity among computer users.

We wish to congratulate and inform you on the selection of your email coupon number which was selected among the 6 lucky consolation prize winners Your email ID identified with coupon No. PBL2348974321 and was selected by our E-games Random Selection System (ERSS) with entries from the 50,000 different email addresses enrolled for the E-game. Your email ID was included among the 50,000 different email addresses submitted by our partner international email provider companies. You have won a consolation cash prize of US $ 1,000,000.00 (One Million US Dollars) only. The POWERBALL LOTTO Group. BV, have approved a payout of your consolation cash prize which will be remunerated directly to you by the official Payment Agency Board.Our DUE PROCESS UNIT (DPU) will render to you complete assistance and provide additional information and processes for the claims of your consultation prize.

For due processing of your winning claim, please contact the DPU Information Officer Mr John Clarke who has been assigned to assist you.You are to contact him with the following details for the release of your winnings.

To file for your claim, please contact our validating officer via his
email below and provide him with this info


1. Name:
2. Address:
3. Marital Status:
4. Occupation:
5. Age:
6. Sex:
7. Nationality:
8. Country Of Residence:
9. Telephone Number (Country Code)-(Area Code)- Phone Number):
10. Cell Number (Country Code) - (Cell Phone Number):
11. lucky Numbers above:
12.payment method:check delivery or Bank transfer

Contact Person:
Mr.John Clarke.
Claim Agent
DUE PROCESS UNIT
Telephone : 0044 701 112 8490
Contact E-mail: claimagent_powerballlotto@yahoo.co.uk

Once again congratulations from all our staffs on your consolation prize winning, we hope you will part take our forth coming POWERBALL LOTTO -wheel Email-games.

Regards
Mrs Anita Williams
(Group Coordinator)
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