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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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Fraud email example:

From: "australianlotteryawards@australia.com" <d_brown1970@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 02 Sep 2008 21:41:37 -1200
Subject: ELECTRONIC E-MAIL AWARD NOTIFICATION($450.000.00)CONGRATULATIONS

6123 Cool Street
Paulgreenvulle Ax34587,
Australia.


CONGRATULATIONS !!!

BATCH NUMBER: 8056490902/188

WINNING NUMBER: GB8701/LPRC

REFFERENCE NUMBERS: 575061725

ELECTRONIC E-MAIL AWARD NOTIFICATION

AWARD PRESENTATION CENTER: AUSTRALIA.
Dear Lucky Winner,

We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on 1st
September, 2008 from the Australia Lottery programme. Which
is fully based on an Electronic selection of winners using
their e-mail addresses Your name was attached to ticket
number;47061725 07056490902 serial number 7741137002 This
batch draws the lucky numbers as follows 5-13-33-37-42 bonus
number 17,which consequently won the lottery in the second
category.

You hereby have been approved a lump sum pay of US$
450,000.00 (FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS) in cash
credit file ref: ILP/HW 47509/06 from the total cash prize
of US$4,000,000.00 shared amongst sixteen lucky winners in
this category. All participant were selected through a
computer balloting system drawn form Nine hundred thousand
E-mail addresses from Canada,Australia,United States, Asia,
Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our
international promotions program which is conducted
annually.

This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of
some multinational companies as part of their social
responsibility to the citizens in the communities where they
have operational base. Further more your details (e-mail
address) fall within our African representative office in
Nigeria as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of
US$450,000.00 will be released to you from this regional
branch office in Nigeria. We hope with part of your prize,
you will participate in our end of year high stakes for US$1
Million international draw.

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE:Simply contact our fiducial agent In
Nigeria , Dr.Donald Brown by email (d_brown1970@hotmail.com)
,or call TEL,+2348037445335. To file for your claim.

He shall immediately commence the process that will
facilitate the release of your fund to you.Fill in the
complete informations in the form below for the release of
your fund.

Name:..................................

Age:.....................................

Sex:.....................................

Occupation:..........................

Current Address:......................

Country:...................................

Telephone
No:.(Mobile)............................(Office)......................

NOTE: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 from the public until your claim is
processed and your prize released to you.This is part of our
security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted
taking advantage of this programme by non-participant or
unofficial personnel.

All winnings MUST be claimed by 30th September 2008
otherwise all funds will be returned as Unclaimed



APPROVED

Congratulation Once Again
YOUR ADDRESS HAS WON



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