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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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Fraud email example:

From: "AUSTRALIAN LOTTERY INC" <austlott_program@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: bris_clackslotto@yahoo.com.au
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 13:06:55 +0100
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS YOU HAVE WON!!1

FROM:THE DESK OF THE VICE PRESIDENT INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS PRIZE AWARDS
DEPARTMENT AUSTRALIAN INTERNATIONAL SWEEPSTAKES LOTTERY CORPORATION
UNI,24 HIGHER AVENUE HARRIS PARK

GRANVILLE NSW 0152 SYDNEY

AUSTRALIA.
Date:24/4/2007
Ref: 575061775
Batch: 8056490902/188
Winning Numbers:1226304021

CONGRATULATIONS!!
We are pleased to inform you of the lottery result winners ofAustralian
International Lottery Pro grammes held on the 1st of April 2007 from the
Australian International Lottery pro gramme,which is fully based on an
electronic selection of winners using their e-mail addresses.

Your name was attached to ticket number; 675061725 9356460902 serial
number67749137002. This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows
2-9-23-35-46 bonus number 14,which consequently won the lottery in the
secondcategory. You are here by have been approved a lump sum pay of
US$300,000.00(THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS) in cash credit file ref:
ILP/HW 46704/03
from the total cash prize shared amongst eight lucky winners in this
category.

Due to mix up of some numbers and names, you are advised to keep your
winning information confidential until your claims has been processed and
your money remitted to your nominated bank.

This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claims and unwarranted
abuse of this pro gramme by some non participants.All participant were
selected through a computer/mail 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 program which is conducted annually. 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. Further more your details(e-mail address)
falls within our European representative office in Amsterdam,Holland, as
indicated in your play coupon and your prize of US$300,000.00 will be
released to you from our regional branch office in NIGERIA. We hope
with part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year high stakes
for US$2.3 Billion international draw.
HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE: Simply contact our fiducial agent, Mr.BRICKS CLACKS
at;(bris_clackslotto@yahoo.com.au)

To file for your claim . Please quote your Date of draw4-4-2007,Reference
Number 575061775 , Batch Number 8056490902/188 and Winning Number
1226304021, which can be found on the top-left corner of this message.Also,
you should give in your telephone number to help locate your file easily.
NOTE:For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information
confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your prize
has been released to you and also to the public. This is part of our
security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted
taking advantage of this pro gramme by non-participant or unofficial
personnel.

Note, all winnings MUST be claimed on or before the 15th of MAY 2007;
otherwise all funds will be forfeited.
Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!

Yours faithfully,

Mr zarol Smart
Online coordinator for
AUSTRALIAN LOTTO PROGRAM
Sweepstakes International Program.
CONTACT NUMBER+447031819033

PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL.CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT AT
bris_clackslotto@yahoo.com.au ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE
PART OF THE WINNERS WILL RESULT TO DISQUALIFICAT

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