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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: "AUSTRALIAN LOTTERY" <divine_claimsagent@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 02:03:27 -1200
Subject: CLAIM YOUR PRIZE

AUSTRALIAN LOTTERY5th Floor East
Commonwealth Centre
55 Currie Street
Adelaide SA 5000
Sydney Australia

FROM: THE DESK OF THE E-MAIL PROMOTIONS
MANAGER INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE
AWARD DEPARTMENT, AUSTRALIA
LOTTO LOTTERY INCORPORATION:

REF:4758961725
BATCH:ALLINC70564943902/188
WINNING NO: FGNGB2701/LPRC

CONGRATULATIONS...............................

Dear Sir/Madam,

We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on the
17th
September 2008, from the Australian Lottery program.This is
a bonus to promote lotto in australia and all over the World
Which is fully based on an electronic selection of winners
using their
e-mail addresses form some site. Your email address was
attached to ticket number; 47061725 07056490902 serial
number 7741137002 This batch draws the lucky numbers as
follows 5-13-33-37-42bonus number17,which consequently won
the lotto in the second category.You here by have been
approved a lump sum pay of US$1,000,000.00 (ONE MILLION
DOLLARS) in cash credit file ref: ILP/HW 47509/08 from the
total cash prize shared amongst eight lucky winners in this
category. All participant were selected through a computer
balloting system
drawn from 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 Lotto was promoted and sponsored by
a conglomerate of=3
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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 AFRICAN
representative office in SOUTH AFRICA, as indicated in your
play coupon and your prize of US$1,000,000.00 will be
released to you from this regional branch office. We hope
with part of your prize, you will participate in our end of
year high stakes for US$1.3 Billion international draw.HOW
TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE: Simply contact our fiducially agent,

REV. divine george
E-mail: divine_claimsagent@yahoo.com
E_mail:divine_george@live.com

to file for your claim . KINDLY FILL THE CLAIMS
VERIFICATION/PROCESSING FORM BELOW SEND TO HIM:

FULL NAMES OF BENEFICIARY:................
CONTACT ADDRESS:.................................
CITY/STATE:...............................................
COUNTRY:..................................................
NATIONALITY:....................................¦......
SEX:.......................AGE:...................
MARITAL STATUS: ...............................
TEL NO: ............................FAX:................
OCCUPATION: .........................................
AMOUNT WON:......................................
REFERENCE NO:.........................................
BATCH NO: .............................................

Please quote your reference, batch and winning number
Please quote your reference,batch and winning number which
can be found on the top left corner of this20notification.

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 program by non-participant or unofficial personnel.
Note, all winnings MUST be claimed before the end of this
programme,SEPTEMBER 30TH 2008; otherwise all funds will be
returned as Unclaimed and eventually donated to charity
organizations.

Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!

Best Regards Carol Sweet
(coordinator)
AUSTRALIAN LOTTO PROGRAMME,
Sweepstakes International Program.

PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL.CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT
divine_claimsagent@yahoo.com and divine_george@live.com


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