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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: AUSTRALIAN LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL PROMO <win.broadcast08@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2007 17:40:31 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!!




Date:5/7/2007
Ref: 475061727 Batch:7056490934/2006
Winning no: GB8701/LPRC:

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Dear Winner,
We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on the 5th of July,2007 from the Australian International Lottery programme. Which is fully based on an electronic selection of winners using their email addresses from some site.Your email address was attached to ticket number; 17214, serial number 7741137009 .This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows 8382-42bonus number 17,which consequently won the lottery in the second category.You hereby have been approved a lump sum pay of US$500,000.00 (FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS) in cash credit file ref:ILP/HW 47509/02 from the total cash prize shared amongst eight lucky winners in this category.

All participant were selected 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 program which is conducted annually. This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomorate of some multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the commmunities where they have operational base.

Futher 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$500,000.00 will be released to you from this regional branch office in NIGERIA. We hope with part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year high stakes for US$1.3 Million international draw.



HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE: Simply contact our fiducial agent, James Brown



Agnt_jamesbrown@yahoo.com

To file for your claim . Please 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 prizereleased to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this programme by non-participant or unofficial personnel.
Note all winnings must be claimed before 30th ofJuly, 2007 otherwise all funds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually donated to charity organisations.Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!Best RegardsMR James Obrien.(co-ordinator)PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL.CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT AT
Agnt_jamesbrown@yahoo.com
ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF THE WINNERS WILL RESULT TO DISQUALIFICATION.
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