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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: "George Peterson" <georgepeterson55113@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 01:59:44 +0100
Subject: CONGRATULATION YOU HAVE WON!!!!!!

Freelotto
Results          
  
FREE AWARD DEPT.
16 Broad Street,
Woolich, Middlessex
United Kingdom.
London.
www.freelotto.com

                           RESULTS FOR CATEGORY "A" DRAWS
                                   WINNING NOTIFICATION
This is to notify you of the release of the lottery winning,  held on the 27th
of August 2006.
Due to the mix up of numbers, the results were released on the 28th of
August, 2006. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 703218509 under
agent ID: 10 and lucky ball number, which subsequently won you the lottery in
the 2nd category.
 
  Ball number 11Ball

 number 13Ball number 26lucky ball numberBall
 number
 34Ball number 44Ball number 48Bonus Ball number 2
                                                                                                        
                                        
You have therefore been qualified for a lump sum payout of 4,000,000.00(Four Million British Pounds) in cash
in your favor, as the soul beneficiary the prize has been insured with a hard
INSURANCE POLICY called the IRREVOCABLE GURANTY BOUND.  That makes the prize NON-DEDUCTABLE. Due to mix up of some names and winning
numbers,   we advice all winners to keep this information confidential from the public until your claim has been processed and your prize released to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid online impersonation and doulble claiming of  prizes. 8 Winners were selected online from over 50 million email addreses world wide from 8 different countries, with a microsoft
powerd ballot system your email, was among the lucky 8 CONGRATULATIONS
ONCE MORE!. To redeem your prize instantly, you are to contact your lottery
agent Mr Williams Wilcox.

Mr. Williams Wilcox
TEL: +44-702-4096-794
TEL: +44-702-4092-892
FAX: +44 870 479 4924

Warning: All winners are to claim their winning prize in not later than 2 weeks
(14 days) of their winning notification.
And we are very much aware of the frudulent lottery notification circulating
the internet, this is why we have made our activities online verifiable so be
carefull who you contact and please report any  notification  that claim to
to be from us to : scamnotice@freelotto.com.
Furthermore, should there be any change of address do inform our agent as soon as possible.
The Free Award lottery company is proudly sponsored by OPEC and it is organized to encourage the use of Internet round the world.And we are proud to say that over 50 Million Dollars  is won annually in eight countries worldwide.
 
Your Sincerely,
Mr., George Peterson,
Public Relations Officer.
                                                                                
NOTE: You can come to our U K head office to claim your prize personaly at:                                     
FREE AWARD DEPT.
16 Broad Street,
Woolich, Middle Essex
United Kingdom.
London     

OUR Executives:
Dr. P. Swier (CEO), Mr. Gerald Goodman (Manager Foreign Operations), Mr.
Franklyn Van Der Weijden (Manager Domestic Banking Operations), Dr. James
Williams (Director International Credit Department), Mrs. Lonni K Anderson
(Legal Representative), Mrs. Lyudmyla Marchukova(Regional Manager), Mr. Stephen Boer (Chairman), Mr. Chris Moritz(International Relation Officer).
                                                          

 



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