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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 inc" <ausinfolotto004@torba.com>
Reply-To: harrybriggs@live.com
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:20:24 -0700
Subject: CONGRATS!!!! YOUR EMAIL HAS WON $200,000 IN OUR ONLINE LOTTERY


*AUSTRALIAN LOTTERY PROGRAMME 2008
*
**


**
*AUSTRALIAN LOTTO PROMOTION*

*JULY EDITION*

*A.A.A.S HEADQU**A**RTERS UNITED KINGDOM*

*Dear Sir/Madam*

*We are happy to inform you that you have won a prize money of Two Hundred
Thousand Dollars($200,000.00) for the month of MAY*
*lottery promotion which is organized by Australian Lottery.*


*Annually Australian lottery collects all the E-mail id's of the people
that are online on yahoo and Other E-mail id's amongst the Millions that
subscribe to Internet, Eight People Are Been selected All Over The World.*

*Our Winners Are Selected Through Electronic Balloting System Without The
Winner Applying.We Are Congratulating You For Being One Of The People
Selected For This Second Random For The Year 2008*

*These Are Your Winning Identification Numbers.....*

*REFERENCE NO:575061725*

*BATCH NO: 8056490902\188
*

* WINNING NO: KB8701/LPRC

*
*To Begin Your Claims, Kindly Contact Our Fiduciary Agent Dr.HARRY
BRIGGS Who Will Instruct You On How You Will Claim Your Winning Prize.His
Email Is harrybriggs@live.com<http://us.mc587.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=dr.alexbrock@yahoo.com>
* *Without Any Further Delay**. Otherwise Your Prize Will Be Returned
Unclaimed To Our National Headquarters In United Kingdom And Will Be Donated
To Charity Homes.*

*You Are Required To Forward To Our Agent The Following Details:*

*Sex:*

*Name:*

*Email:*

*Address:*

*Nationality:*

*Date Of Birth:*
**
*Occupation.*

*Ref Number:
Batch Number:
Winning Number*
**
*As Soon As You Contact Our Agent He Will Advise You On The Procedure To
Claim Your Won Prize Money Immediately.*

*NOTE: YOU ARE STRONGLY ADVISED TO KEEP ALL YOUR WINNING CONFIDENTIAL TILL
CLAIM IS MADE TO AVOID WRONG OR DOUBLE CLAIMING.ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIAL
DISQUALIFIES YOU FROM GETTING YOUR PRIZE.*

*YOUR ADDRESS HAS WON
*
*Congratulations Once More!!*


*[image: (Photograph)]*



**
* Yours
faithfully,
Mrs. Basheera Abubakar
Online coordinator for
Australian Lotto Programme,
Sweepstakes International Program.

**[YOU MUST CLAIM YOUR PRICE ON OR BEFORE 14 DAYS] *

***[image: We have millions of pounds in unclaimed prizes]*

*Past winner*
**

* **AUSTRALIAN LOTTERY PROGRAMME 2008*

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