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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 International Lottery Programme ." <interprocode@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2008 16:15:48 -0700
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!!


Ref: 435062725
Batch: 7050470902/189
Winning no: GB8101/LPRC

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

Dear,

We are delighted to inform you of your prize which
was released on the 2nd of July 2008, from the
Australian International Lottery programme,which is
fully based on an electronic selection of winners
using their e-mail addresses from some sites. Your
email address was attached to ticket number; 47001725
07056490102 and serial number 7741134002. This batch
draws the lucky numbers as follows 5-13-33-37-42 and
bonus number 17,which consequently won the lottery in
the second category.

You hereby have been approved a lump sum pay of
US$1,000,000.00 (ONE MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS) in
cash credit file ref: ILP/HW 47509/09 from the total
cash prize shared amongst eight lucky winners in this
category. All participants were selected through a
computer balloting system drawn form Nine hundred
thousands E-mail addresses from Canada, Australia,
United States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and
Oceania as part of our international promotion program
which is conducted annually. This Lottery was promoted
and sponsored by a conglomorate of some multinational
companies as part of their social responsibility to
the citizens in the communities where they have an
operational base. Furthermore, 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$1,000,000.00 will be
released to you from this regional branch office in
NIGERIA. We hope that with part of your prize, you
will participate in our end of year high stakes for
US$1.5 Billion international draw. To file for your
claim, please contact our director of finance.

Name :Mr.Leonard Monks
Email:leonardsclaimsdept@live.com <Email%3Aleonardsclaimsdept@live.com>
leonardsclaimsdept@yahoo.it
Tell: +234 803-9527919

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
thi information confidential from the public until
your claim is processed and your prize released to
you.

This is part of our security protocol to avoid double
claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this
programme by non-participants or unofficial personnel.
Note: all winnings MUST be claimed by the 20th of
JULY,2008; otherwise all funds will be returned
as Unclaimed and eventually donated to charity
organisations.

ANYBODY UNDER THE AGE OF 18 IS AUTOMATICALLY
DISQUALIFIED. YOURS SINCERELY,

Mr.James Ross

Australian Lottery International (co-ordinator).

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