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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: Mrs.Linda M.Slagger <lms@yahoo.ca>
Reply-To: lindamslagger@yahoo.ca
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2006 13:30:04 -0500
Subject: Notification


NORTHWELL ONLINE LOTTERY PROMOTIONS.
Ref : CA/9420X2/68.
Batch: 074/05/ZY369.
(Customer Services)
11/09/2006.
DEAR WINNER:
OFFICIAL LOTTERY WINNING NOTIFICATION
We happily announce to you the Draw Number:124 of the NORTHWELL ONLINE
LOTTERY PROMOTIONS PROGRAMME held on the 9th of November 2006.
Your e-mail address attached to Ticket Number:56475600545188 with
Serial number:5368/02 drew the Winning Numbers:4-7-18-19-35-40
with(bonus no.25),
which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e match 6
lucky numbers plus bonus no.25.
Our winners are arranged into four categories with different winning
prizes accordingly in each category.They are arranged in this format
below:
CATEGORY NO.OF WINNERS WINNING PRIZES
1st. 6 USD.$1,350,000:00 each
2nd. 20 USD.$850,000:00 each
3rd. 45 USD.$470,000:00 each
4th. 75 USD.$170,000:00 each
Your e-mail won you the prize in the 2nd category, You have therefore
been approved to claim the total sum of USD$850,000:00 (Eight hundred
and
fifty thousand, United States Dollars) in cash credited to file.This
is from a
total cash prize of USD$59 Million dollars,shared amongst the first
one
hundred and forty six (146) lucky winners in this categories.
All participants for the online version were selected randomly from
World
Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from
over100,000
unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online.
This promotion takes place annually.
your lucky winning number falls within our Canadian booklet
representative
office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon. In view of
this,your
USD$850,000:00 (Eight hundred and fifty thousand United States
Dollars)will
be released to you by any of our payment offices in Canada .
Our Canadain agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate
the
release of your funds as soon as you contact him.
For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information
confidential till your claim is processed and your money remitted to
you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize.
This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned.
To file for your claim,Please contact your Validating Officer for
VALIDATION
of your winning within Twenty-nine days of this winning
notification.Winnings that are not validated within Twenty-nine days of
winning
notification are termed void and invalid.
CONTACT:
*******************************************************************
Name Mr. Keston Green
E-mail: kestongreen@walla.com
Canadian Services Validating Officer,
Northwell Online Lottery Promotions
5921 Yonge street
Toronto , On. m2n7a4
********************************************************************
Note:Endeavour to email the Validating Officer your:
Full Names:
Winning Numbers:
Ocupation
Age:
Ticket Number:
Email Address:
Telephone Number:
Fax Number:
Country:
to enable him validate your winning.
Unvalidated winnings after Twenty-nine days of winning notification
will be termed invalid and void.
Congratulations from me and members of staff of NORTHWELL ONLINE
LOTTERY
PROMOTIONS.
Yours faithfully,
Linda M. Slagger(Mrs)
Online co-ordinator,
For: NORTHWELL ONLINE LOTTERY
PROMOTIONS.

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