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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: "Free Lotto®" <freeltt6@gmail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: fl_claimasia@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:36:53 +0700
Subject: Hurrah! You have won a Freelotto Superbucks,

"HURRAH YOU HAVE WON A FREELOTTO SUPERBUCKS®"

YES! FreeLotto® everyday!
Ticket Number 008795727498
Serial Numbers BTD/9080648302/06
lucky numbers 05, 21, 23, 28, 40 (26)
Free Lotto®
Prize Claim Center
New York, NY 10163

Dear Prized Winner,

FreeLotto is the largest online lottery style sweepstakes. Since 1999, we have awarded over $75,000,000 in cash and prizes. You don't need to play or buy lottery
tickets to win. Unlike an online lottery, we don't require you to pay to play your numbers. Here at FreeLotto all our games are absolutely FREE! With a chance to
win over $11,000,000. Freelotto® sweepstakes announces its lottery result and you have been picked as one of the winners through our computer ballot selections.
The selection was made through a computer drawn system attaching personalized email addresses to ticket numbers in the Freelotto Superbucks®.

Your email address as indicated was drawn and attached to Ticket Number 008795727498 with Serial Numbers BTD/9080648302/06 and drew the lucky numbers
05, 21, 23, 28, 40 (26) which subsequently won you $850,000.00 (eight hundred and fifty thousand dollars only) already issued in a cheque as one of the Superbucks 10
jackpot winners in this draw. The draws registered as draw number "3" was conducted at Free lotto office in New York USA .

Be informed that your winning entries falls within our Asian booklet representative in Asia as indicated in the draw coupon. In view of this, your $850,000.00
(eight hundred and fifty thousand dollars) cheque will be released to you by your contacting our liaison office in Bangkok Thailand . The free lotto head office has
hence fort without delay instructed our prize claim center in Bangkok Thailand to immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your prize as soon as
you contact them.

You are advised to contact free lotto prize claim center Bangkok who shall by duty guide you through the process to facilitate the release of your winning prize.
Contact the prize claim manager while quoting your ticket and serial numbers as indicated above in this notification.

Contact the Claims manager;
Mr. Cristo F. Lead ( FreeLotto Prize Claim Center 13th Floor Watana Tower 2 Bang-Na Thailand )
Tel; +668-659-908-21
Fax +1-360-237-6313
e-mail; fl_claimasia@hotmail.com or pfreelotto@gmail.com

We wish you continued good fortune.

Yours
Patrick Chambers (Mr.)
FreeLotto
New York.

Note; Any claim not made before seven (7) working days from date of this notification indicates that the winner has voluntarily forfeited his/her winnings.
Warning: Be warned of fraudulent emails being sent out promising to pay FreeLotto prizes. These emails are NOT from Freelotto or any affiliated company. We are the only
patented FreeLotto® and have awarded over $77,580,889.00 dollars in prizes.


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