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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: "Lottry Netwok Int'l" <promodept@ymail.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2008 14:11:28 +0200
Subject: AWARDS WINNING NOTIFICATION


DEAR WINNER,

[REF Nº:UK-EX / 412 / 05 /2008]
[BATCH Nº: PNT/BT/137]

RE: LOTTERY NETWORK INT'L PROMOTIONAL PRIZE/AWARDS WINNING
NOTIFICATION

The management of The LOTTERY NETWORK INT'L is pleased to inform you that
you have emerged one of the Seventeen (17) winners of our 5th International
online e-commerce end of year awareness Sweepstakes promotional Program,
which was drawn on Monday the 25th of February, 2008.Your email/company,
attached to compu-ticket play coupon No.325-1232-23413-2143, with serial
number 23-51-206 drew the lucky
numbers:14-26-34- 36-38-47 Bonus (16), and consequently won the lottery..
You have therefore been approved for the lump sum pay out of
£520,000.00(Five Hundred and Twenty Thousand GB Pounds); in cash credited,
to file Nº: REF:UK-EX/ 412/05/2008].This is from total prize money of
£4,200,000..00 (Four Million, Two Hundred GB Pounds) Promotional budget
shared among the Seventeen (17) International winners in this category.

Recipients of this notification should note that no tickets was sold for
this draw since participants were selected automatically selected by
Computer Ballot System (CBS), listings of all global names in the four
geographic continents, which could be found on-line. The internet emailing
idea was used, for this global promotion of e-commerce and its benefits,
since most people are not well informed in this field. Therefore all
winnings are legally protected and preserved for the individual bonfide
winners (according to the winning REF: NO.)

This is a part of LOTTERY NETWORK INT'L Promotional scheme contributing
towards economic upliftment and the reduction of known Epidemics. This draw
automatically qualifies you for our End of year "2008" International Grand
draw of 2 Billion GB Pounds Sterling that will take place by the end
promotional year 2008 (more info & dates from our promotions office).

Your fund is now available for claim. To begin your claim, please contact
our United Kingdom Regional Overseas Claims/Payment Unit on the following
address:

Contact: Dr. Aiden Crawford
(Regional Claims Manager)
Tel: +44 703 184 9387
Fax: +44 870 471 2602
Email: net.internationalclaimsdept@ymail.com,

Please submit the information on the following questionnaire clearly, to
avoid any delays in processing your cash award.

Full Name:__________________
Age:________________________
Gender:_____________________
Occupation:_________________
Ref: _________________________
Batch:_______________________
Tel/Fax:_____________________
Email:________________(also include an alternative email address e.g. @
yahoo.com)
Country of Origin:____________
Country of residence:_________

NB: All claims must be submitted to the claims department not later than two
weeks of this notification, otherwise will be automatically disqualified and
Prize returned to LOTTERY NETWORK INT'L Trust Account as unclaimed.

Our winners are assured of the utmost standards of confidentiality, and
press anonymity until the end of proceedings, and beyond where they so
desire. Be further advised to maintain the strictest level of
confidentiality until the end of proceedings to circumvent problems
associated with fraudulent claims. This is part of our precautionary measure
to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Any lottery
double claim attempt detected by our monitoring committee will lead to
automatic disqualification and prize returned to our lottery pool as
unclaimed. We hope with a part of your prize, you will participate in our
End of Year high stakes GB Pounds 2 Billion International Lottery. Should
there be any change of your address, do inform your claims agent as soon as
possible.

Congratulations, once again from all our staff thanking you for being part
of our promotional programs.

At your disposal, I remain.

Very Truly Yours,

MRS ELIZABETH Mc PHERSON
(Online Promotions co-coordinator)
LOTTERY NETWORK INT'L
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**** LOTTERY NETWORK PROMOTIONS INTERNATIONAL IS AN INTERNATIONALLY
ACCLAIMED & AUTHORIZED GAMMING PROVIDER WITH SHARE OWNERSHIP OF MAJOR
LOTTERY ORGANISATION IN ALMOST 66 COUNTRIES WORLDWIDE****

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