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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: lottery <lotteryfunds@walla.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2006 00:18:46 -0800
Subject: winning notification


Dear Winner,
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the national Lottery
Winners,an International promo held on the 6 nov 2006. Your e
mail address fall to the ticket number 653-908-321-675 with serial main
number 345-790-241-671 drew lucky star numbers 14,16, 24, 26,27, and 39
the Lucky Star numbers were 1 and 3. which consequently won in the 2nd
category of this program, you have therefore been approved for a lump sum
pay of 1.000.000.00 Euro.(One Million Euros) CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep your
winning informations confidential until your claim has been processed and
your money remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid
double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants.
All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
over 100,000 company and 50,000,000 individual email addresses and names
from all over the world. This lottery promo was sponsored by Euro Million
Lottery Programme, milan .To create awareness of their programme all over
the world.
This awareness has been in the media for some time now, You can see
these websites for further
http://www.bbc.co.uk/lottery/)http://www.nationallotteryawards.org.uk
/index.html
We hope that, with part of your winning, you will take part in our
march 2006, 50 million Euro , Promo. To file for your claim, please
contact claims officer(webmaster):
Name:Mr.Ricardo David.
Tel: 0039/3485620586
Fax:0039/011438006
Email: lotteryfunds@walla.com

Remember, all winning must be claimed not later than 30th nov,
2006. After this date all unclaimed funds will be included in the next
stake.Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications
please remember to quote your reference number and batch numbers in all
correspondence. Furthermore, should there be any change of address do
inform their agent /webmaster as soon as possible.

CONGRATULATIONS ONCE MORE AND THANKS FOR BEING PART OF THE NATIONAL
LOTTERY PROMOTION.

Sincerely yours,

Mrs,Ana Maria Lopez.P.H.F

Result Coordinator.(Enquires)
Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically
disqualified .

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