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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: "Australain Lotto" <alotto47@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2008 15:35:20 -0700
Subject: RE: AWARD NOTIFICATION/ FINAL NOTICE


**
**
*AUSTRALIA* *LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL.*
*FROM: THE DESK OF THE MANAGEMENT*
*INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRICE AWARD DEPARTMENT.*
**
*REF Nº:575061725*
*BATCH Nº:8056490902/188*
*WINNING NOS:KB8701/LPRC*
*12/7/2008*

*RE: AWARD NOTIFICATION/ FINAL NOTICE*
*CONGRATULATIONS!*
**
**
*National Australian Lottery Incorprated wishes to inform you the results
of the E-mail address ballot lottery international program by Australia held
on 30th JUNE 2008. Your email account have been picked as a winner*
*of* (*$200,000) TWO
HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ONLY.
*
**
* All email addresses were selected through a computer ballot system in
which your email address was selected as one of the lucky winners. Your
lucky number is:-* [image: Ball number 11][image: Ball number 13][image:
Ball number 26][image: Ball number 34][image: Ball number 44][image: Ball
number 48] .*and bonus ball number*[image: Bonus Ball number 2] *.* *Be
adviced to keep your winning information confidential {VERY SECRET} 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 fraudulent and scammers.*
*All winning must be claimed not later than 29/JULY/2008. After this date
all unclaimed funds will be returned to australia as unclaimed. Please note
in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please remember to
quote your reference number in all correspondence.*
*You are therefore advised to contact your claim OFFICER in our regional
branch in LONDON *
**
**
*THOMAS LANDBERG*
*agent_landberg11@yahoo.c
<agent_landberg11@yahoo.com>om<agent_landberg11@yahoo.com>
*
*+447031891405*
*for the processing of your winning immediately.*
*Congratulations from the staff and thank you for being part of email
account users program.*
**
*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$200,000) will be released to you from the regional
branch office in LONDON.*
*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.*

*HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE:
Simply contact your claims agent,THOMAS LANDBERG*
* email....(agent_landberg11@yahoo.com**)* <agent_landberg11@yahoo.com%29>*
to file for your claim .*
**

* *
*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 programme by some unscrupulous
elements,equally to guard against non*
*participant or unofficial personnel taking undue advantage of this
programme.*
**
*Note that,all winnings MUST be claimed by a STIPULATED TIME(ON OR BEFORE
29th OF 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!!!
*
*
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