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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 Lotto" <rayforrester3@bigmir.net>
Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2008 14:06:33 +0100
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION


DESK OF THE DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION,
AUSTRALIA INTERNATIONAL E-MAIL LOTTERY PROGRAM
SERIAL NUMBER: 17212.
REF. No:ILP/HW 47509/0.




SIR/MADAM,



WINNING NOTIFICATION



This is to inform you of the release of the AUSTRALIA INTERNATIONAL E-MAIL
LOTTERY PROGRAM BALLOT INTERNATIONAL WORLD GAMING BOARD held and the results
released on the 3rd of June 2008. Your email address attached to Ticket
No:17212 with Serial No 7741137002 drew the lucky numbers of 01,13,23, 27,
33, 44 which consequently won the lottery in the 3rd category.


You have therefore been approved for a lump sum payout of 820,000.00 U.S
DOLLARS (Eight Hundred And Twenty Thousand United States Dollars) in cash
credited to file REF. No:ILP/HW 7509/02.This is from a total cash prize of
US$509 Million United States Dollars prize payout this year shared among
several international lucky winners in the
premium,1st, 2nd and 3rd categories respectively.




Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you 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,keep your
winning information confidential until your
claims has been processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of
our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this
program by some participants.




All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
only Microsoft users from over 350,000 companies, and 25,000,000 individual
e-mail addresses all over the world.To begin your lottery claim, do contact
our Africa Regional Director of Winnings with the information below:


Rev.Goodluck Okorocha
DIRECTOR OF WINNINGS AUSTRALIA INTERNATIONAL E-MAIL LOTTERY PROGRAM
Email: rev.okoro@yahoo.com


Note that all winning must be claimed not later than two week after the
receipt of this e-mail. After this period all unclaimed funds will be
included in the next stake. Please note in order to avoid unnecessary
delays, do remember to quote your reference number and batch numbers in all
correspondence.


Furthermore, should there be any change of address do not hesitate to
inform your Director of Winnings as soon as possible. Congratulations once
more from our members of staff and thank you for being part of our
promotional program.


NOTE: Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.Do not mail
to this email,contact Rev.Goodluck Okorocha.


DIRECTOR OF WINNINGS AUSTRALIA INTERNATIONAL E-MAIL LOTTERY PROGRAM
Email: rev.okoro@yahoo.com
to file a claim.


Yours Sincerely,
Ray Forrester
DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION

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