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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: "From: office of Sue Kobayashi" <tjdrawsjapan@yuber.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: tjdrawseurope@yuber.com
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 19:09:25 +0000
Subject: www.takarakuji.nippon-net.ne.jp

FROM THE INTERNATIONAL PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
TAKARAKUJI JUMBO DRAWS, TOKYO , JAPAN.
Category A Prize Winner!

You have been selected as one of ten winners of the TAKARAKUJI JUMBO DRAWS International

Computer ballot draws and you will be a privileged recipient of the grand draw prize of

USD$1,400,000 (One million four hundred thousand United states Dollars only). Winning File

Reference number for your prize is WWPL/TK/ 61-812011; ticket number 003-215-07/B. We in the

TAKARAKUJI JUMBO DRAWS is by this program, launching our model international computer

balloting lottery draws, developed and designed to satisfy growing number of participants in

our newly introduced international lottery program. With funds accrued exclusively from

previous draws, payouts to all winners are guaranteed and will be transferred in record

time. After randomly selecting 15,000 participants from an initial database of 500,000

emails and zoning all participants by their respective continents from across the globe, we

produced an extensive list from which you have emerged as one of the winners of the Grand

Draw prize. To ensure a smooth collection of your winnings, the transfer of your prize is to

be handled by our International Prize Transfer Agent. You are to contact our fiduciary agent

by email within a week of receiving this notice. Please find full contact details below:
United Kingdom Payment Center

Draws Payment Officer: Mr Christopher Bridge
Email:tjdrawseurope@yuber.com
Also find all other relevant winning lottery information below:
Draw Serial No: 35/751346
Batch No: 06-A852
zonal Draw No: A2-003
Grand Draw No: 12099

You are seriously advised to keep all winning lottery information and numbers from the

public in line with our company security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted

abuse of this program by unscrupulous individuals. Please direct all further correspondences

and queries to your respective category Prize Transfer agent with the contact details above.

Congratulations once again from the TAKARAKUJI JUMBO DRAWS family.

Sincerely,

International Promotions Manager
TAKARAKUJI , TOKYO , JAPAN
4-9 Hirakawa-cho,
2-chome Chiyoda-ku 102
Tokyo JAPAN.

www.takarakuji.nippon-net.ne.jp
PRIVATIZED,BIGGER AND BETTER!



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