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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: "Intercontinental Mega Lottery" <intermegalott50@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 11:19:21 +0000
Subject: !!!! CONGRATULATIONS !!!!

FROM THE LOTTERY PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
THE INTERCONTINENTAL MEGA LOTTERY.
UINVERSAL BUILDING, 132-133 WT440
BALFOUR UNIT. WATFORD UNITED KINGDOM





THE INTERCONTINENTAL MEGA LOTTERY
******************************************************************************
Lottery Prize Winning Announced Today
THE 23nd OF FEBRUARY 2007
******************************************************************************

We are delighted to inform you of your prize release from the
Intercontinental Mega Lottery program. Your name was attached to:


Ticket number; 47061725

Batch number; 7056490902

Winning number; 11-12-34-39-44-48

bonus number 21


which consequently won the lottery in the first category. You hereby have
been approved a lump sum pay of (£850.000.00) (EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTY
THOUSAND POUND STERLING) in cash credit file ref: ILP/HW 47509/02.

All participants were selected through a computer balloting system drawn
form Nine hundred thousand names from Canada, Australia, United States,
Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceanic as part of our international
promotions program. This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a
conglomerate of some multinational companies as part of their social
responsibility to the citizens in the communities where they have
operational base.

As indicated in your play coupon your prize of (£850.000.00) (EIGHT HUNDRED
AND FIFTY THOUSAND POUND STERLING) will be released to you from our paying
banks. We hope with part of your prize, you will participate in our middle
of the year high stakes.

How to claim your prize Simply contact our fiduciary department, Dr. MICHAEL
JACOBS or Mrs. NANCY VAN, EMAIL ADDRESS: (clmdpt1@aol.co.uk) to file for
your claim. Please quote your reference, batch and winning number which can
be found on the top of this notification as well as the below listed
informations:


FULL NAMES:

CONTACT ADDRESS:

TELEPHONE/FAX:

WINNING NUMBER:


Note, all winnings MUST be claimed before the 5th of MARCH 2007 otherwise
all funds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually donated to charity
organizations.


!!!Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!

CONTACT OUR CLAIM DEPARTMENT
Dr. MICHAEL JACOBS or Mrs. NANCY VAN
EMAIL CONTACT: clmdpt1@aol.co.uk
BALFOUR UNIT. WATFORD UNITED KINGDOM
INTERCONTINENTAL MEGA LOTTERY
UINVERSAL BUILDING, 132-133 WT440
BALFOUR UNIT. WATFORD UNITED KINGDOM


YOU ARE ADVICED TO CONTACT YOUR CLAIM DEPARTMENT IMMEDIATELY. ANY BREACH OF
CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF THE WINNERS WILL RESULT TO DISQUALIFICATION.


KIND REGARDS,

J. HANSON

PROMOTIONS MANAGER.

FOR INTERCONTINENTAL MEGA LOTTERY.
*****************************************************************************
For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information
confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your prize
released to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double
claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this program by non-participant
or unofficial personnel.
*****************************************************************************

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