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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: Mr.Sam Brown. <australialottoincorp@yahoo.com.au>
Reply-To: australia_incorporation02@yahoo.com.au
Date: 29 Jun 2007 22:46:16 -0000
Subject: YOU HAVE WON AUSTRALIA LOTTO PRIZE

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AUSTRALIA LOTTO LOTTERY INC.

Street Address: House 41977-98 Steet, Kilda Road,

Melbourne VIC 3004, Australia.

[Opens Monday to Friday 8am-5pm AEST].



Ref: 4758961725

Batch: ALLINC 70564943902/188

Winning Number: AULGB2701/LPRC.



Attn: Dear Prize Winner,



We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on the June 28, 2007 from the Australian Lotto Lottery programme which is fully based on Electronic selection of winners using their e-mail addresses.



Your name was attached to ticket number: 47061725 07056490902. Serial number: 7741137002. This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows 5-13-33-37-42 bonus number 17, which consequently won the lottery in the second category. You are hereby have been approved a lump sum pay of Two

Hunderd and Fifty Thousand United States Dollars only [US$250,000.00] in cash credit file ref: ILP/HW 47509/02 from the total cash prize of Ten Million United States Dollars [US$10,000,000.00] shared amongst eight lucky winners in this category.



All participants were selected from 1,000,000 E-mail addresses of individuals and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search through the internet from all the continents of the world as part of International promotions programme 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 commmunities where they have operational base.



Furthermore, your details (e-mail address) falls within our European representative office as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of US$250,000.00 will be released to you from this regional branch office. We hope with part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year high stakes for US$1.3 Billion International draw.



HOW TO CLAIM PRIZE:



Simply contact our Claims Officer, Ms. Fabia Baccus to file for your claim. Please quote your reference, batch and winning numbers which can be found on the top left corner of this notification to help locate your file easily.



For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep these 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 programme by non-participants or unofficial personnel.



Note, all winnings MUST be claimed on or before end of July 30, 2007, otherwise funds will be returned as unclaimed and eventually donated to charity organizations.



Any breach of confidentiality on the part of winner will result to disqualification.



Best Regards,



Mr. Sam Brown

[Advert Manager]









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