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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: "MRS LAURA OBI" <nationalloter2@me.by>
Reply-To: richardpeterson_256@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2008 05:44:08 -0700
Subject: WE ARE HAPPILY ANNOUNCE TO YOU.


*FROM THE DESK OF THE MANAGING DIRECTOR**
INTERNATIONAL/PRIZE AWARD DEPT
CONTACT ADDRESS:NO,144 GLOBAL AVENUE
VICTORIA ISLAND LAGOS NIGERIA.
WINNING NUMBERS:**37-13-43-85-67-11.BV* <http://37-13-43-85-67-11.bv/>
*REF:S6376527711 **
BATCH:S7151085135

Attn: Winner,

We are please to announce you as one of the 10 lucky winners in National the
Free Lotto draw held on the 1th OF July 2008. All 10 winning addresses were
randomly selected from a batch of 50,000,000 International emails. Your
email address emerged alongside 9 others as a category one winner in this
year's Annual free lotto Draw. Consequently,you have therefore been approved
for a total pay out of $1.500,00USD(one million, Five hundred Thousand
(Dollars only) CONGRATULATIONS!!! Due to mix up of some numbers and names,
we ask that you 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
over 40,000 company and 20,000,000 individual email addresses and names from
all over the world.This promotional program takes place every year. This
lottery was promoted and sponsored by Association of software producers. We
hope with part of your winning,you will take part in our next year US$20
million international lottery.For security reasons, you are advised to keep
your winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your
money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize.

This is a part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements. Please be
warned. To file for your claim, please Call or email our fiduciary agent
with the below details for processing of your claims:

NAME:DR RICHARD PETERSON.
(CHIEF FINANCIAL DIRECTOR
NATIONAL LOTTERY NIGERIA LTD.)
Tele:234-803-3449089
**EMAIL:richardpeterson_256@hotmail.com*<http://us.mc448.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=EMAIL%3Arichardpeterson_256@hotmail.com>
*Remember, all winning must be claimed not later than 90 Days.After this
date all unclaimed funds will be included in the next stake.Please note in
order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please remember to quote
your reference number and batch numbers in all correspondence.Furthermore,
should there be any change of address do inform our agent as soon as
possible.Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you
for being part of our promotional program.**

Yours faithfully,
Mrs. Laura Obi.
AFRO-ASIAN Zonal Coordinator.*

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