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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: "FORTUNE SWEEPSTAKES" <fortunesweepstakesnotifyingteam4@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2006 13:26:12 -0900
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION

FORTUNE SWEEPSTAKES
Management and Central Services
40 Victoria Street, Hertfordshire.
AL1 3TG
London
UNITED KINGDOM
Batch Number: 308867B
Ref Number: FST/745/06
Date:29th October 2006


Dear Sir or Madam:
WINNING NOTIFICATION
The annual Fortune Sweepstakes lottery program (Diversity Self Improvement
Program) is an opportunity for potential individuals worldwide to obtain the
status as an independent body capable of self sustanance. This program runs
each year and provides £250,000.00 "Great britain pounds" to 10 lucky
winners randomly selected in a lottery process .To be eligible to qualify
for the award, you must be above 18 years, a native of a country with a low
rate of immigration to the United Kingdom. You must also meet the education
or work experience requirements.

In line with the commemorating event marking our 10th year anniversary we
rolled out over £2,000.000.00 (Two Million Great Britain Pounds) for our
10th year Anniversary Draws. We are pleased to inform you of the result of
the just concluded annual final draws of Fortune Sweepstakes. Fortune
Sweepstakes draws was conducted from an exclusive list of 25,000,000 e-mail
addresses of individual and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated
random computer ballot search from the internet as part of our international
promotions program which we conduct every year. No tickets were sold.

Your email address as indicated was drawn and attached to ticket number
001768432463 with serial numbers FTS/8070337201/06 and drew the lucky
numbers 15-22-24-48-50-37(30) which subsequently won you £250,000.00 (Two
Hundred and Fifty Thousand Great Britain Pounds) as one of the 10 jackpot
winners in this draw.

You have therefore won the entire winning sum of £250,000.00 (Two Hundred
and Fifty Thousand Great Britain Pounds). The draws registered as Draw
number one was conducted in Brockley, London
United Kingdom.

Your fund is now deposited in an offshore bank with a hardcover insurance.
Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we advice that you keep this
award from public notice until your claim has been processed and your money
remitted to your nominated bank account as this is part of our security
protocol to avoid double claiming or unwarranted taking advantage of this
program by the general public.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet
representative office in London. In view of this, your £250,000.00 (Two
hundred and fifty thousand great Britain pounds) would be released to you by
our affiliate bank in Europe. Our agent will immediately commence the
process to facilitate the release of your funds to you as soon as you make
contact with him.

To file for your claim please contact your fiduciary agent. Please find
below the contact information for your assigned fiduciary agent.
Mr Arthur Burns
Fiduciary Agent
Fortune sweepstakes
Information and Payment Bureau
London Representative Office.
Tel: +447031955187
Email:fortunesweepstakesclaimsoffice@yahoo.co.uk
Fax: +44-871-504-5828

You are advised to contact your fiduciary agent with the following details
as indicated in this winning Notification to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications.
Name (in Full)
Country
Ticket Number
Batch Number
Serial Number
Lucky Numbers

I wish to on behalf of all members and staff of the Fortune Sweepstakes
congratulate you on your win and wish you the best of luck as you spend your
good fortune.

Thank you for being part of our commemorative 10th Anniversary Draws.

Sincerely,

Dr. Albert Maringer
Fortune Sweepstakes Co-ordinator.
NB:

PLEASE NOTE! Any claim not made before seven (7) working days from date of
notification will indicate that the winner has voluntarily forfeited his/her
winnings.


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