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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: LOTTERY AWARDS <gameresults5541@msn.com>
Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2008 04:39:47 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATION!!( WINNING NOTIFICATIONS )( WINNING Ref 364758679)




Date:03/10/2008
Ref 364758679
Batch: 6485769789/646
Winning no: BT4356/HYTP

Dear Lucky Winner,

CONGRATULATION!!!

We
are delighted to inform you of your winning on the 4th of October 2008
from the United States of America International Lottery Programme which
is partially based on an electronic selection of winners using their
e-mail addresses.

Your e-mail address was attached to ticket number; 575061725
8056490902 serial number 6741137002 .This batch draws the lucky numbers
as follows: 4-13-33-37-42 bonus number 17, which consequently won the
lottery in the second category.

All participants were selected through a computer balloting system
drawn from Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses from Canada,
Australia, Asia, Europe, Middle East, and Africa as part of our
international promotions program which is conducted annually.

This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomorate of some
multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the
citizens in the communities where they have operational base and you.

HOW TO FILE YOUR CLAIM: Simply contact our EUROPEAN and ASIAN Fiducially Agent, UNITED STATES LOTTERY (AGENT: Dalton John) at ;(be.dalton@live.com ) to file for your claim his number is +4470-31861740 .

Forward the below requirements to the lottery fiducially Agent
Date:
Ref :
Batch:
Winning no:
Full Name:
Full address:
Age:
Sex:

Also, you should give him your telephone number to help locate your file easily.
For
security reasons, we advice the winner to keep this information
confidential from the public until your claim is processed and been
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.

Note: all winnings MUST be claimed by the 29th of October 2008
otherwise the fund will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually donated
to charity.

Congratulations once again on your winning!

Best Regards.
Mrs.Nancy Shirley (For the co-ordinator).

DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL. CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT AT : (be.dalton@live.com )
Copyright © 1994-2008 united states of america lottery inc All rights reserved
CONGRATULATION!!( WINNING NOTIFICATIONS )( WINNING Ref 364758679)

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