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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: BEIJING OLYMPICS <natlott2008@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: lottopromos2008@walla.com
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:30:53 +0100
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS !!!!!


Dear Lucky Winner,

We are pleased to notify you of the draw (#978) of the 2008 BEIJING OLYMPIC =
LOTTERY,
Online Sweepstakes International Lottery Program held on Friday July 25th =
2008.
Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from a pool =
of over 25,000 names of distinguished professionals drawn from all over the
world .
The result of our computer draw (#978) selected your email address attached =
to e-ticket number: 5987654324508 drew the lucky numbers: =
6779-2113-2803(bonus
no.09), which subsequently qualified you as a winner.
You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of Five Hundred =
Thousand pounds sterlings(=A3500,000.00)in cash credited to file =
KTU/9023118308/03.
To begin your claims therefore, you are advised to contact our accredited =
claims agent for Overseas Lottery Winners within a period of 21 days for the =

processing of your winnings and remittance to your designated
account. In view of this, your =A3500,000.00 Pounds Sterling would be =
released to you by our payment office in England.Please be informed that =
claims not
processed before the 8th of August 2008 will be deemed as forfeited.
You may wish to establish contact via e-mail with the particulars presented =
below citing the E-TICKET numbers.
Contact Person: MR DAVID LEE
Email:lottopromos2008@walla.com
TEL : +44 7896953352
REGARDS
2008 BEIJING OLYMPIC LOTTERY COMMITTEE.

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