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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: "Brian Fink" <malaygateway@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2008 16:16:00 -0400
Subject: MOLOPOLY MALAYSIA AWARD

MOLOPOLY MALAYSIA AWARD
Jalan Sultum,
46760 Petaling Jaya Selangor,
Kuala Lumpur Malaysia

50450 JALAN EWERIOR
KL, MALAYSIA.

Malaysia announces you as one of the 5 lucky winners in the ongoing
Malaysia Independence day draw

All 25 winning email addresses were randomly selected from a batch of
50,000,000 international emails each from Canada, Australia, United
States, Asia,

Europe, Middle East, Oceania as part of our international promotions
program which is conducted annually, consequently, you have been approved
for a total

pay out of TWO MILLION FIVE HUNDRED UNITED STATE DOLLARS ( $2, 500. 000.000
USD)

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) falls within our Kuala Lumpur
representative office in KL Malaysia, as indicated in your play coupon and
your

prize of ( $2, 500.000.00USD) will be released to you from this regional
branch office in Kuala lumpur, Malaysia.

Your fund is Comming to you as Bank to bank transfer from Malaysia to your
country.

remitted to your account, as this is part of our security protocol, to
avoid double claiming and unwarranted taking of advantage of this program
by

participants, as has happened in the past.

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE
These are your identification numbers.
Ticket number.....................785784765
Serial number.......................784763-8
Lucky number...................6377873674
Ref number...................M.EKLS/35636/34

To begin your lottery claims, Please contact our Monopoly Lottery
Co-ordinator as follows:

PRIZE RELEASE DEPARTMENT
JALAN UKATO 4.12 FLOOR 15,
50450 JALAN EWERIOR,
KL, MALAYSIA.
TEL: +60173960135
EMAIL: reallottodepartment@yahoo.com.hk
MR. Jeong Hassan collins

You are to send the completed verification form below to the co-ordinator
whose email address is given above so that you will be advised on what to
do to get your prize money.

1.FULL NAME
2. COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
3. PRESENT ADRESS.
4. DATE OF BIRTH
5. OCCUPATION
6. TELEPHONE NUMBER
6. FAX NUMBER
7. MARITAL STATUS
8. WINNING NUMBER, BATCH NUMBER AND LOTTO NUMBER.

Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later than One Month. Any
claim not made by this date will be returned to HER MAJESTYS DEPARTMENT OF
THE MALAYSIA GAMING BOARD

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please
remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in all correspondences
with us,

Furthermore, should there be any change of address, please do inform our
Co-ordinator as soon as possible. Monopoly lottery is a free.

Source of Income, this lottery is sponssored by Ananda Krishnan.
Read all through the web for more informations:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ananda_Krishnan#Multimedia_dealings

Forward all the required information to the claims agents email:
reallottodepartment@yahoo.com.hk,

An original copy of your lucky winning ticket and your deposit certificate
will be sent to you by Administrative Remittance Operation Manager of KL City

CONGRATULATIONS!!!! Once again from all members of our staff and thank you
for being a part of our International Promotions program.

Yours Sincerely
Mrs. Malam Emily,
Administrator's Department

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