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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: "Australian Lottery" <au_standford@mobimail.mn>
Reply-To: rev.dave@live.com
Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2008 01:17:56 -0700
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS YOU HAVE WON!!!


furs.mkgp@gov.si

AUSTRALIA LOTTO LOTTERY INC.
5th Floor East Commonwealth Centre
55 Currie Street Adelaide SA 5000,
South Australia.

WINNING NOTIFICATION
We are delighted to inform you of the result of the E-mail address ballot
lottery draw of the Australian cash-out lotto bv international program,which
took place on the 30th of June 2008. This is a computer generated lottery of
Internet users using email addresses for draws.
This lotto draw is fully based on an electronic selection of winners using
their
e-mail addresses from different World Wide Web(www)sites.Your e-mail address
attached to ticket number: 47061725 07056490902 drew the lucky numbers and
bonus
ball number which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category.You
have
therefore been approved to claim a total sum of US$250,000.00 (TWO HUNDRED
AND
FIFTY THOUSAND U.S DOLLARS) in cash credit file ref:ILP/HW 47509/02.
This is from the total cash prize of US$4,000,000 Million Dollars,shared
amongst
the first Ten (10) lucky winners in this category.All participant were
selected
randomly through a computer 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 is being promoted and sponsored by a
conglomerate of 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$250,000.00 will be released to you from our regional branch
office in Nigeria.We hope with part of your prize, you will participate in
our
end of year high stakes for US$1.3 Billion international draw.Our agent will
immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as
soon
as you contact him.

PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU QUOTE YOUR BELOW WINNING PARTICULARS WHEN
CONTACTING YOUR AGENT:

Ref: 4758961725
Batch: ALLINC 70564943902/188
Winning no: FGNGB2701/LPRC

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE:
Simply contact your claims agent, Rev. Dave Idara
email: (rev.dave@live.com)

Fill this form below and send it to him to file for your claim .

LOTTERY WINNERS APPLICATION FORM OF PAYMENT.
FULL NAME.................................................
DATE OF BIRTH..................................
SEX..................................
AGE..................................
MARITAL STATUS...................................
NATIONALITY.........................................
OCCUPATION...........................................
TELEPHONE..........................................
FAX......................................................
EMAIL................
DATE......................................................
WINNER REF/BATCH NO........................APPROVED
FOR PAYMENT.

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(VERY SECRET) from the public until your claim is processed and
your
prize money remitted/released to you.This is part of our precautionary
measure
to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some
unscrupulous elements,equally to guard against non participant or unofficial
personnel taking undue advantage of this program. Note that, all winnings
MUST
be claimed by a STIPULATED TIME(ON OR BEFORE 15th July 2008) otherwise all
funds
will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually be reabsorbed into our next
lucky
dip sweepstakes.

Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!

Yours in service
Sincerely,
Mr. Williams Standford
Online coordinator for
AUSTRALIAN LOTTO INC

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