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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: irish lottery <irishlottery_winningsnotificationdept@web.de>
Date: Sat, 04 Nov 2006 11:14:55 +0100
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!!







The Irish Lottery
47 Meadow Vale,
Sligo, Ireland.
Ref: LSUK/2031/8161/05
Batch: R3/A312-59

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

We are pleased to announce to you the draw of the IRISH LOTTERY PROGRAMME online Sweepstakes International Program held on Wednesday the 1th of November 2006.
Your e-mail address attached to the winning ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/05 drew the lucky numbers: 10,13,24,24,25,36,41,08 which subsequently won the JACKPOT. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of ¤1,967,932 in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/05 of Irish Lottery.

All participants for the online version were selected randomly from the World Wide Web through a computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online. This promotion takes place weekly.
Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your ¤1,967,932 would be released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe(UK).

To file for your claim, you are to fill the form and contact our authorized claim agent in the UK(Europe) on the details below:

Mr,Agent KennethEmail;ken_Handerson@yahoo.com. 1. Ticket number:....
2. Batch number:....
3. Serial number:....
4. Amount won:.....
5. FULL NAMES:....
6. DATE OF BIRTH:...
7. SEX:...
8. MARITAL STATUS:....
9. CONTACT ADDRESS:...
10.TELEPHONE NUMBER:....
11.OCCUPATION:....
12.ANNUAL INCOME;...
[http://mail.yahoo.com/config/login?/ym/Compose?To=drawsenquirys@yahoo.co.uk]

Good luck from me and members of staff of the Irish Lottery.

Sincerely
James brownOnline Co-coordinator for IRISH LOTTERY SWEEPSTAKE PROGRAMME 2006.



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