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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: "The Irish Lottery" <d0020@bellsouth.net>
Reply-To: ir.terrycole@hotmail.co.uk
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:04:53 +0000
Subject: Success Alert, You Have Won =?utf-8?Q?=C2=A3800?=,000.00


11 G Lower Dorset Street
Dublin 1
Ireland=20

Result: http://www.irishlotto.net/

This electronic mail is to inform you that you have
won the sum of =C2=A3800,000.00 (GBP) in the
Irish Lottery Official On-Line Drawing.
=20
=20
The official drawing for the aforementioned jackpot
was performed at the greater Dublin Office of the
Irish Lottery Commission at 12:01pm on July 26,
2008, and was overseen by the accounting firm of House
& Beckermann LLC. In the above noted drawing, your
contact Email was selected from a pool of
24,667,309 potential winners.
=20
Your winning Numbers are;
Winning Num: 23, 30, 32, 36, 39, 40, Bonus 34
Batch Num: Batch: R3/A312-59
Reference Num: Ref: LSUK/2031/8161/05

For additional information you must contact the=20
commission's fiduciary agent In the United Kingdom=20
at the below noted email address;

Mr. Terry Cole (Fiduciary Agent)
Email: ir.terrycole@hotmail.co.uk
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For verification please provide your:

1.Full Names
2.Full Address
3.Telephone Number

and your above Batch and reference Number when responding.
=20
Thank you and congratulation.
=20
Thomas Stinson, Online Coordinator
Fudiciary & Notification Department=20
Lottery Commission of Ireland.
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