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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: Zurich Lotterien <schloss@schloss.tie.cl>
Reply-To: hepservice1@live.com
Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2008 15:02:48 -0400
Subject: FILE :ZL/08/4008

Zurich Lotterien
Central Office.
Management and Central Services:
Weg 205 B - 02241, zum Erfolgreichen, Switzerland.

From The Promotions Department of Zurich Lotterien.

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual final
draws of Zurich Lotterien Program.

Zurich Lotterien draws was conducted from an exclusive list of 20,000,000
e-mail addresses of individual and corporate bodies picked by an automated
random computer ballot search from the internet as part of our international
promotions program which we conduct every year. No tickets were sold.

This program is organized by the international lotto and games subcommittee,
endorsed by the European lottery guild in conjunction with NGO organizations

in Switzerland.

After this automated computer ballot, your e-mail address attached to serial
number 02-87-87 drew the lucky numbers 4-11-41-26-02-62, which consequently
emerged you as one of first ten (10) lucky winners in the United Kingdom
category.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay off of (One Million EURO)
in cash credited to file ZL/08/4008.

For more Information Contact Help Service:

Zurich Lotterien
Information and Payment Bureau:
London Representative Office
Help Service Contact
Tel:+44 703-190-9785
Fax:+44-870-974-4065
E-mail:helpservicezurich@live.com
:bureau2008zurich@live.com


Mrs. Kirt Loberg.
Promotions Manager.
Zurich Lotterien


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