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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: "australia lottery" <australialo02@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 01:22:34 -0700
Subject: Dear Sir/Madam


*AUSTRALIAN LOTTERY*
*
UNI,24 HIGHER AVENUE
HARRIS PARK
GRANVILLE NSW 0152
SYDNEY
AUSTRALIA.*


* DEAR WINNER*
*Ref: 475061725
Batch: 7056490902/18
Winning no: GB8701/LPRC
CONGRATULATIONS!!*

*Dear Sir/Madam,*

We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on the 05th May 2008,
from the Australian Lottery program.

This is a bonus to promote lotto in australia Which is fully based on an
electronic selection of winners using their e-mail addresses form some site.
Your email address was attached to ticket number; 47061725 07056490902
serial number 7741137002 This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows
5-13-33-37-42bonus number17,which consequently won the lotto in the second
category.

You here by have been approved a lump sum pay of US$200,000.00 (TWO 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
form 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$200,000.00 will be released to you from this
regional branch office in uk.

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 YOUR PRIZE: Simply contact our fiducially
agent, REV JOHN FRANK E-mail address rev.john.frank@hotmail.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 prize
released to you.
This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted taking advantage of this program by non-participant or
unofficial personnel.

Note, all winnings MUST be claimed before the end of this programme;
otherwise all funds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually donated to
charity organizations.

Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!Best
Regards John Frank (coordinator) PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL.CONTACT
YOUR CLAIMS AGENT AT
rev.john.frank@hotmail.com <rev.john.frank@hotmail.coml.com%21> ANY BREACH
OF CONFIDENTIALITY
ON THE PART OF THE WINNERS WILL RESULT TO
DISQUALIFICATION.




Yours faithfully,
JOHN FRANK
Online coordinator for
AUSTRALIAN LOTTO PROGRAMME,
Sweepstakes International Program.

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