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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: "sandra wood" <mswoodsandra7@googlemail.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2008 17:41:38 +0100
Subject: YOUR EMAIL HAS WON AN INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY !


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* [image: United Kingdom]
**EURO MILLIONS UK LOTTERY,** INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY ORGANIZATION.
LONDON,ENGLAND*
*REF NUMBER;OSL/653/029/06
BATCH NUMBER;AT-040-SB06-06 *
*CONGRATULATIONS!!!*


*ATTENTION : SIR / MADAM.*
**
*We are pleased to inform you,that as a result of our recent lottery draws
held on 10th August, 2008.Your Name and Email address attached to Ticket
number 27522465896-532 with Serial number 652-662 and Lucky
number7-14-18-23-31-45 which consequently won 2nd category. You have
therefore
been approved for a lump sum pay out of £1,000,000 GBP (Equivalent
of US$2.100, 000 OR 1.500,000 EUR* )
* *
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* [image: Watch the 2 minute movie and see the benefits - click here !]
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Note: ALL participants in this lottery program have been selected randomly
through a computer ballot system drawn from over 20,000 Companies and
20,000,000 individual Names, email addresses from all search engines and web
sites. This promotional program takes place every year,and is promoted and
sponsored by Microsoft Inc.

This is to encourage the use of the internet and computers worldwide. For
security purpose and clarity, we advise that you keep your winning
information's confidential, please keep confidential until your claims have
been processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our security
protocol to avoid double claims and unwarranted abuse of this program by
some participants.

We look forward to your active participant in our next year US$ 50 Million
slot. You are requested to contact our clearance officer below to assist you
with your winning and subsequent payments. All winning must be claim not
later than one month After the date of this notice. Please note, in order to
avoid unnecessary delay and complications remember to quote your reference
number and batch numbers in all correspondence.

Furthermore, should there be any change of addresses do inform our agent as
soon as possible. Congratulations once more and thank you for being part of
our promotional program.

NOTE;YOU ARE AUTOMATICALLY DISQUALIFIED IF YOU ARE BELOW 18 YEARS OF AGE.

Sincerely yours,
*
*
Mrs. Sandra Wood.
Operational Director ( EAASSL)

FOR FURTHER INFORMATIONS,CONTACT YOUR LOTTERY AGENTS FOWLER & ADAMS AGENCY
FURNISHING THE AGENCY WITH INFORMATIONS SUCH AS:

REF NUMBER:_______________________ _____________

BATCH NUMBER:_______________________ ___________

FULL NAMES:________________________ ______________

ADDRESS: ______________________________ __________

COUNTRY___________________ ______________________

SEX:__________________________ _____________________

AGE:__________________________ _____________________

MARITAL STATUS:_______________________ ____________

OCCUPATION:___________________ ____________________

E-MAIL ADDRESS:______________________ _____________

TELEPHONE NUMBER:_______________________ _________


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* REPLY VIA E-MAIL TO:

MRS ELIZABETH FOWLER / PROF. RAPHAEL ADAMS
37 CROMWELL ROAD,
LONDON SW7 5BD
UNITED KINGDOM.
EMAIL: fwlra_agency@uk2.net
*

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*LAST WINNERS OVERSEAS /EURO-MILLIONS UK NATIONAL LOTTERY GAME*
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All rights reserved. Terms of Service - Guideline.*

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