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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 Australia" <aasltt20082@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 26 May 2008 20:58:09 -0700
Subject: congratulations your email has won


[image: Australia Now]

[image: Flag of Australia]


Date:27/04/2008
Ref: 475061725
Batch:7056490902/188
Winning Numbers 11 13 26 34 44 48

AWARD NOTIFICATION

Attn: Winner,

We are pleased to inform you of the lottery result
winners of
Australian
International Lottery Programmes held on the 30th of
April 2008 from the
Australian International Lottery Which is fully based
on an electronic
selection of winners using their e-mail addresses.Your
name was
attached to
ticket number; Serial Number 8756-05 . This batch
draws the lucky
numbers as
follows bonus number 14, which consequently won the
lottery in the first category. You are here by have
been approved a
lump
sum pay of US$400,000.00 (FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND
DOLLARS) in cash credit
file
ref: ILP/HW 46704/03 from the total cash prize shared
amongst ten lucky
winners in this category. YOU ARE A WINNER!!!!


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 programme
by
some participants. All participants where 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
conglomorate of
some multinational companies and also the Australian
Government as part
of
their social responsibility to the citizens in the
commmunities where
they
have operational base. Further more your details
(e-mail address) falls
within our European representative office in London,
United Kingdon, as
indicated in your play coupon and your prize of
US$400,000.00 will be
released to you from our regional branch office in
WEST AFRICA. We hope
with
part of your prize, you will participate in our end of
year high stakes
for
US$2.3 Million international draw.

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE: Simply contact your claims
agent, *Dr. Alhaji *James Rashid.
at *E-mail: * *( *jamesrashidagent02@yahoo.com* **)*

To file for your claim . Please quote your Date of
draw,Reference
Number,
Batch Number and Winning Number, 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: All winnings MUST be claimed before the 29th of
May 2008;
otherwise all funds will be forfeited. Congratulations
once again on
your
winning!

BEST REGARDS
*Dr. Alhaji *James Rashid.(LOTTERY COORDINATOR)

ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF WINNERS
WILL RESULT TO
DISQUALIFICATION

*YOU MUST CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT WITH THE E-MAIL
**ADDRESSES THAT HAVE BEEN INDICATED FOR CLARIFICATIONS.



2006/2007 Past Lucky Winners.
[image: http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/content/images/2003_2531.JPG]
2006/2007 Lucky Australian Lottery Winner.*

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