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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: "raffle_ 56" <raffle_56@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: claimmingmanagerrr@gawab.com
Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2006 10:08:05 +0100
Subject: !!!!!WINNING/AWARD FINAL NOTIFICATION!!!!!

UNITED KINGDOM IN COLABRATION WITH GOLD MINING COMPANY.
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD
LONDON MILLION INT & NATIONAL LOTTERY PROMOTION
OUAGADOUGOU BURKINA FASO,12th AVENUE KWAME NKRUMAH 01 BP.
WINNER- REF: LP/26510460037/03.
BATCH: 24/00319/IPE
Email:claimi claimmingmanagerrr@gawab.com

WINNING/AWARD FINAL NOTIFICATION

IT IS OUR PLEASURE TO INFORM YOU THE DECLEARATION AND ANNOUNCEMENT OF
WINNERS OF THE LONDON MILLION INT LOTTERY AWARD HELD ON 20TH OF
OCTOBER,2006.HAVING PICKED YOUR MAIL ADRESS BY OUR ELECTRONIC WEBSITE
VISITORS COLLECTORS IN RECONGNITION OF YOUR PATRONAGE TO THE INTERNET
SERVICES.

IN THE FINAL DRAW,YOUR NAME WAS ATTACHED TO THE FOLLOWING:
TICKET NUMBERS:6325698-44596-222
SERIAL NUMBER:410-32659
LUCKY NUMBER:4014-236985744-596

WHICH CONSEQUENTLY WON IN THE 2ND CATEGORY.YOU HAVE THEREFORE BEEN
APPROVED FOR A LUMP SUM PAY OUT OF (850,000.00 EUROS(EIGTH HUNDRED AND
FIFTY THOUSAND EUROS),IN CASH ACCREDITED FILE NO:LP/26510460037/03.

THIS IS FROM TOTAL CASH PRIZE OF (EURO OF 48,400,00000 FOUTRTY EIGHT
BILLION EURO) SHARED AMONG THE 22 INTERNATIONAL COUNTRIES IN THIS
CATEGORY.ALL PARTICIPANTS WERE SELECTED THROUGH A COMPUTER BALLOT
SYSTEM DRAWN FROM 25,000 NAMES FROM AFRICA,AUSTRALIA,NEW
ZEALAND,AMERICA,EUROPE,NORTH AMERICA AND ASIA AS PART OF INTERNATIONAL
PROMOTIONS PROGRAM THAT IS CONDUCTED ANNUALLY TO ENCOURAGE THE USE OF
INTERNET AND INTERNET BASED PROGRAMS.WE ARE DELIGHTED TO EXPRESS OUR
HEARTFELT CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU.

WE HOPE THAT WITH A FRACTION OF YOUR WINNING MONEY,YOU WILL BE ABLE TO
ASSIST THE LESS PRIVILEDGE IN YOUR SOCIETY AND ALSO PARTICIPATE IN OUR NEXT
YEAR HIGH STAKES PROMOTIONS OF EURO 100 MILLION INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY.FOR
YOUR INFORMATION ON HOW YOU WILL START THE PROCESSING AND REMITTANCE OF YOUR
PRIZE MONEY TO YOUR DESIGNATED ACCOUNT OF YOUR CHOICE.

PLEASE CONTACT THE CLAIMMING MANAGER STATED BELOW TO RECEIVE YOUR
WINNING MONEY IMMEDIATELY:

NATIONAL LOTTERY PROMOTIONS/PRIZE GIVING AWARD
12TH.AVENUE KWAME N'KRUMAH,
OUAGADOUGOU,BURKINA-FASO.
NAME: MR. ADAM SMITH.
Email: claimmingmanagerrr@gawab.com


REMEMBER,ALL PRIZE MONEY MUST BE CLAIMED NOT LATER THAN
30TH NOVEMBER,2006 AFTER THIS DURATION,ALL FUNDS WILL BE RETURNED TO THE
MINISTRY OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS AS UNCLAIMED.

NOTE: IN ORDER TO AVOID UNNECESSARY DELAYS AND COMPLICATIONS,PLEASE
REMEMBER TO QUOTE YOUR REFERENCE AND BATCH NUMBERS IN EVERY ONE OF YOUR
CORRESPONDENCES WITH US OR TO OUR CO-ORDINATE SPONSOR'S BANK SHOULD THERE BE
ANY CHANGE OF YOUR ADDRESS,DO INFORM THE CLAIMMING MANAGER TO PROCESS YOUR
TRANSACTION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

!!! CONGRATULATION !!!

CONGRATULATION FROM ALL OUR STAFF AND THANK YOU FOR BEING PART OF OUR
PROMOTIONS PROGRAM.ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE WINNERS WILL
RESULT TO DISQUALIFICATION.

WE WISH YOU CONTINUED GOOD FORTUNES.

BEST WISHES
THE MANAGEMENT
LOTTERY ORGANISATION.

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