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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: "AUSTRALI LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL ." <intl_ausprog@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2007 16:34:39 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!!


11th/10/2007

Ref: 435062725
Batch: 7050470902/189
Winning no: GB8101/LPRC

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Dear,

We are delighted to inform you of your prize which was
released on the 11th of october 2007,from the
Australian
International Lottery programmed,which is fully based
on an electronic selection of winners using their
e-mail addresses from some sites. Your email address
was attached to ticket number; 47001725 07056490102
and serial number 7741134002. This batch draws the
lucky numbers as follows 5-13-33-37-42 and bonus
number 17,which consequently won the lottery in the
second category.

You hereb have been approved a lump sum pay of
US$1,000,000.00 (ONE MILLION DOLLARS) in cash
credit file ref: ILP/HW 47509/09 from the total cash
prize shared amongst eight lucky winners in this
category. All participants were selected through a
computer balloting system drawn form Nine hundred
thousand E-mail addresses from Canada,
Australia,United States, Asia, Europe, Middle East,
Africa and Oceania as part of our international
promotion program which is conducted annually. This
Lotery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomorate
of some multinational companies as part of their
social responsibility to the citizens in the
communities where they have an operational base.

Furthermore, 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$1,000,000.00 will be released to you from
this regional branch office in NIGERIA. We hope that
with part of your prize, you will participate in our
end of year high stakes for US$1.3 Billion
international draw.To file for your claim, please
contact our claims department through the claims
agent:

Name:Mr.Morrison Smith
Tell: +234 806-4520580
E-mail:morrison_smith_claimsagent2007@yahoo.com OR
australialottery_claimsdept2007@yahoo.com

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 prize released to you.This
is part of our security protocol to avoid double
claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this
pro gramme by non-participants or unofficial
personnel.Note: all winnings MUST be claimed by the
30th OF november, 2007; otherwise all funds will be
returned as Unclaimed and eventually donated to charity
organizations.

ANYBODY UNDER THE AGE OF 18 IS
AUTOMATICALLYDISQAULIFIED.
YOURS SINCERELY,
Mr.James Ross
Autralian Lottery International (co-ordinator)
_________________________________________________________________
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