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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: "austra result" <austraresult06@unimail.mn>
Reply-To: info_claimsdepartment2008@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2008 20:54:14 -0700
Subject: <<<CONGRATULATION YOUR EMAIL HAS WON 500.000.00 POUNDS>>>


*THE WORLDWIDE ONLINE LOTTERY COMMISSION BOARD*
*To Serve With Integrity And Bringing The World To Future Hope …*
*THIS RESULT IS BASED ON THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL
LOTTERY 2008 FOR DRAWS ON THE MONTH OF June*
*
THE AUSTRALIAN LOTTERY
REGIONAL OFFICE
23 Rundle Mall, Adelaide,
South Australia.
*


Ref: No AUS/EL/458767/04
Batch: 60348993/009
Winning No.: 4-10-20-29-45 +21

WINNING NOTIFICATION!!!

Dear Lucky Winner,

We are delighted to inform you of your prize released from the Australian
National & International Lottery Commission, based on electronic selection
of winners using their email addresses.
Your email address was amongst those chosen this month of **June * ***for
the Australian Worldwide Email Satellite Lottery, and this promotion is
sponsored by The Australian Lottery Commission and other Conglomerated
Organizations .

You have been awarded 500.000.00(Five hundred thousand Pounds) in the
AUSTRALIAN WORLDWIDE EMAIL LOTTERY Satellite in which email addresses are
picked randomly by software powered by the internet through the
world-wide-web.

Your email address, attached to Ref No: AUS/EL/458767/04 Batch No:
60348993/009 drew the Winning Numbers 4-10-20-29-45+21 and consequently won
the lottery in the â€Å"B†Category. You have therefore been approved
for a lump sum payout of 500.000.00(Five hundred thousand Pounds)

All participants were selected randomly from World-Wide-Web- through a
digital draw system of over 700,000,000 companies and individual email
address.
This promotion takes place monthly, and for security reasons, you are
advised to keep your winning details confidential till your claims is
processed and your winning prize remitted to you in whatever manner you deem
fit to claim you prize. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid
double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this programme by some unofficial
personnel.
Please note you are to contact our claims agent as indicated, In view of
this, your 500.000.00(Five hundred thousand Pounds) will be released to you
by any of our accredited claims agents. Our/your agent will immediately
commence the process to facilitate the release of your winning funds as soon
as you contact them.

NOTE: Your winning should be claimed less than one (1) month from date.
Otherwise all funds will return as unclaimed, and will be forwarded to the
Australian Commission of Unclaimed Properties (ACUP).

TO FILE FOR YOUR CLAIM(S), PLEASE CONTACT OUR/YOUR ACCREDITED CLAIMS AGENT
AT:
*
Contact Your Claims Agent: *
**** ***NAME:REV FR KELVIN JERRY,
*EMAIL: info_claimsdepartment2008@yahoo.com
PHONE:+4470 2402 6171


You are therefore advised to send the following information,
to the claims department to facilitate the verification of your winning.

*1. Full Name: .........................
2. **Country: ...........................
3.Contact Address: ...................
4.Telephone Number: ................
5.Sex: .......................................
6. Marital Status: ........................
7. Occupation: ............................
8. Age: ..........................................
9. Winning Numbers: ....................
10. Batch Numbers: .......................
11. Reference Number: ....................
12. AMOUNT WON....................*
**
*EMAIL: *info_claimsdepartment2008@yahoo.com <dr_marrynjoku@yahoo.com>**
These details facilitate the due process and the release of your winning.
Breach of confidentiality on the part of the winner will result to
disqualification.

*ANY MAIL RECEIVED OF THIS SUCH WITH ANY OTHER TRADE MARK OR ADDRESS SHOULD
BE FORWARDED TO THIS BOX IMMEDIATELY, THIS WILL HELP US TO FIGHT SCAM AND
LOTTERY IMPOSTER'S. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ANTICIPATED CO-OPERATION. OR SENT TO
THIS Metropolitan Police, Scotland Yard, London (International Crime
Division) BE WARNED!*
*Please Do not Reply to this Email!
Contact Your Claims Agent: NAME:REV FR KELVIN JERRY,
EMAIL: info_claimsdepartment2008@yahoo.com
PHONE:+4470 2402 6171
**
****Congratulations!!! once again.
Yours in Service,*

Mrs Carol Smith
(Public Relation Officer)
THE AUSTRALIAN LOTTERY
REGIONAL OFFICE
23 Rundle Mall,
Adelaide,
South

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