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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: Irish National Lottery Promotion <Irishnationallottery_Onlinesweepstake@web.de>
Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2007 03:10:24 +0100
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!!




IRISH GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED L ICEN SED
IRISH WEB LOTTERY
IS REGISTERED UNDER THE DATA PROTECTION ACT OF
(Registration Z720633X).
The Irish Lottery
Ref: LSUK/2031/8161/05
Batch: R3/A312-59


WINNING NOTIFICATION

We happily announce to you the draw (#1104) held March. 2007.Your
e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial
number 5368/06 drew the lucky numbers: 20-22-23-26-31-47 (bonus
no.02),which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e
match 5 plus
bonus. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of
£850,489.00 Pounds (Eight Hundred And Fifty Thousand,Four Hundred And
Eighty
Nine Pounds Sterling) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.

All participants for the online version were selected randomly from
World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from
over
100,000 unions,associations, and corporate bodies that are listed
online.

This promotion takes place weekly. Please note that your lucky winning
number falls within our European booklet representative office in
Europe as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your
£850,489.00
(Eight Hundred And Fifty Thousand,Four Hundred And Eighty Nine Pounds
Sterling) would be released to you by any of our payment offices in
Europe.

Our European 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 claims 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.

To file for your claim, please contact our Oversea claims agent

Fudiciary Agent:Mr Carrick Smith
Official Email: carricksmith_fudiciaryagent@yahoo.co.uk [mailto:carricksmith_fudiciaryagent@yahoo.co.uk]
Tel:+44704-570-8891

NOTE: The lucky numbers are the lotto numbers.

You are to provide the Fudiciary Agent with the under listed
information as soon as possible:

1.FULL NAMES:..............................
2.DATE OF BIRTH:...........................
3.SEX:.....................................
4.MARITAL STATUS:..........................
5.CONTACT ADDRESS:.........................
6.COUNTRY:.................................
7.TELEPHONE NUMBER:........................
8.OCCUPATION:..............................
9.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF COMPANY/INDIVIDUAL:........
10.WINNING E-MAIL ADDRESS:.................
11.WINNING NUMBER:.........................
12.REF NUMBER:.............................
13.BATCH NUMBER:...........................
14.AMOUNT WON:.............................
15ANUAL INCOME
16.HOW DO YOU FEEL AS WINNER:..............


Congratulations from me and members of staff of THE IRISH
INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY.

Yours faithfully,

Mr. James K. Lloyd
Online coordinator for THE IRISH INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program




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