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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: "LOTTO PROMO" <foreveryone_000007@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: jamore19@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2007 17:38:06 +0100
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION .........

CASH-OUT LOTTERY BV CASH-OUT PLAZA,
SUITE 1102A AUSTR
ALIA ZUID-OOST SYD.
AUSTRALIA. INTERNATIONAL
PROMOTIONS/PRICE AWARD DEPARTMENT.
Date: 04/04/2006

Ref No: 575061725
Batch No: 8056490902
Winning No: KB8701
Ticket No: 275-189-657-23-05
Serial No: 8756-05

Dear Winner,
We are delighted to inform you of the result of the E-mail address ballot
lottery draw of the international lottery programme,which took place on the
23th of MARCH 2006.This is a computer generated lottery of Internet users
using email addresses for draws. This lottery draw is fully based on an
electronic selection of winners using their e-mail addresses from different
World Wide Web(www)sites.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 275-189-657-23-05 with Serial
number 8756-05 drew the lucky numbers 11 13 26 34 44 48 and bonus ball
number 02 which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of US$1,500.000 (ONE
MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND USD) in cash credit file ref:ILP/HW
47509/02.This is from the total cash prize of US$20,000,000 Million
Dollars,shared amongst the first Ten (10) lucky winners in this category.

All participant were selected randomly through a computer balloting system
drawn from Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses from
Canada,Australia,United States,Asia,Europe,Middle East, Africa and Oceania
as part of our international promotions programme which is conducted
annually.
CONGRATULATIONS: This lottery is a promotional program by LOTTO, NL (Biggest
lottery Organization in the Australia) to advertise to the world its
existence. All participants were selected through a computer ballot system
drawn from over 20,000,000 Emails of individuals and corporate bodies from
all over the world, as part of our international promotions program, which
we intend to conduct several times a year.

Be informed that your documents have to pass our authority to obtain a
clearance, which shall be attached to your document in readiness of the
subsequent onward transfer into your nominated bank account within 12 hours
of completion of the authentication.
Due to the possibility of unscrupulous individuals filing a double claim, we
suggest that you keep this award strictly confidential until your claim has
been processed and notarized and your certificate of award obtained. This is
in conformity with the lottery claim regulations by our Organization & High
Court of Justice.
This is part of our security protocol measures to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants/non participants. All
winnings must be claimed within 14 WORKING DAYS of receipt of this
information. After this period all unclaimed funds will be included in the
next stake. Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.

We hope with part of your prize,you will participate in our end of year high
stakes for US$1.3 Billion international draw.Our agent will immediately
commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you
contact him.

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE: FILL IN YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATIONS LISTED BELOW TO
THE
CLAIMS AGENT: MR Jamie Morga
Email jamore19@yahoo.com

1. Full name:
2. Telephone number:
3. Fax number:
4. Mailing address:
5. Age:
7. Country/State:

simple cntact: Mr. Jamie Morgan E-MAIL( jamore19@yahoo.com) quote your
reference,batch and winning number which can be found on the top left corner
of this notification as well as your full name,address and telephone number
to help locate your file easily.For security reasons,we advice all winners
to keep this information confidential from the public until your claim is
processed and your prize money remitted/released to you.

This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted abuse of this programme by some unscrupulous elements,equally to
guard against non participant or unofficial personnel taking undue advantage
of this programme. Note that,all winnings MUST be claimed by a STIPULATED
TIME(ON OR BEFORE 28th MARCH 2007) otherwise all funds will be returned as
Unclaimed and eventually be reabsorbed into our next lucky dip sweepstakes.
Congratulations once again on your winnings!!! Yours in service,

Mr. GOODMAN JOHNSON
Executive Co-ordinator (NATIONAL LOTTERY)International Lottery Program.
Manager Foreign Operations, PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS OFFICE,MAKE SURE YOU
CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT AT(jamore19@yahoo.com ).ALSO MAKE SURE YOU SEND
DOWN YOUR PHONE AND FAX NUMBERS TO YOUR CLAIMS AGENT FOR EFFECTIVE
COMMUNICATION WITH YOUR WINNING,BATCH AND REF NUMBERS. ANY BREACH OF
CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF THE WINNERS WILL RESULT TO DISQUALIFICATION.

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