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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: "Euro.Afro.Asia.sweepstakes lottery Draw 2008" <john_hupas01@yahoo.it>
Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2008 23:08:48 -1200
Subject: RE-WINNING NOTIFICATION OF YOUR WON =?iso-8859-1?B?ozEsMDAwLDAwMC4wMCEhIQ==?=

Euro.Afro.Asia.sweepstakes lottery
Headquarters: customer service
580 n. tenth streets Sacramento,
Ca 85914 euro-afro Asian sweepstakes
Lottery an affiliate of found
Money international arena complex
Km 18 route de rufisque i.p.p
Award dept. Amsterdam Holland.

REF: ILP/HW 47509/02
BATCH:05/763638/IPD
WINNING NUMBER: 11 13 26 34 44 48

RE-WINNING NOTIFICATION OF YOUR WON £1,000,000.00!!!

Dear Sir/Madam,

We are delighted to re inform you of the last result of
theE-mail address ballot lottery draw of the Euro-Afro Asia
Sweepstakes Lottery international programmed, which took
place on the September 2008 which your email address appear
to be one of the wining email address, it is for this reason
that you are call to apply for your lottery fund claim
immediately.

This is a computer generated lottery of Internet users using
their email addresses for draws. This lotto draw is fully
based on an electronics election of winners using their
e-mail addresses from different World Wide Web (www) sites.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 275-189-
657-23-05 with Serial number 8756-05 drew the lucky numbers
11 13 26 34 44 48 and bonus ball number 06 which
subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category.You
have there for been approved to claim a total sum of
£1,000,000.00 (ONE MILLION BRITISH POUND STERLING) in cash
credit file ref:ILP/HW 47509/02.

This is from the total cash prize of GBP£200,000,000
Million BRITISH, shared amongst the first Ten (10)lucky
winners in this category.All participant were selected
randomly 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 programmed which is
conducted annually. This Lottery is being promoted and
sponsored by a conglomerate of Multinational companies as
part of theirsocial responsibility to the citizens in
thecommunities where they have operational base.

Further more your details (e-mail address) falls within our
European representative office in Amsterdam,Holland, as
indicated in your play coupon and your prize of
£1,000,000.00 will be released to you from the regional
branch office in Nigeria We hope with part of your prize,
you will participate in our end of year high stakes for
£1.3 Billion international draw.Our agent will immediately
commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds
as soon as you contact him.

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE:

CONTACT PERSON: MR.JOHN HUPAS

Tel: +234-8030-943-222

PLEASE CONTACT YOUR CLAIM AGENT WITH THIS E-MAIL:

Email: john_hupas01@yahoo.it

You are therefore advised to fill the form below to
facilitate the verification of your winning. NOTE: THIS FORM
HAS TO BE RETURNED BACK TO US VIA EMAILIMMEDIATELY AFTER YOU
HAVE FILLED IT.

FIRST NAME...........................
LAST NAME............................
DATE OF BIRTH........................
ADDRESS..............................
SEX..................................
AGE..................................
NATIONALITY..........................
OCCUPATION...........................
TELEPHONE............................
EMAIL................................
DATE.................................
SIGNATURE............................
WINNER REF/BATCH NO.................APPROVED FOR PAYMENT.

SECTION B

BANK ACCOUNT HOLDERS NAME:...........
BANK ACCOUNT NUMBER:.................
BANK NAME AND ADDRESS:...............


Please 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.Due to mix up of some numbers and
names,ask that you keep your winning informationconfidential
until your claims has been processed and your money Remitted
to you.This is part of our security protocol to avoid double
claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some
participants.


Note that,all winnings MUST be claimed before 20th October
2008 otherwise all funds will be returned as Unclaimed and
eventually be reabsorbed into our next lucky dip

Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!

Yours in service,
Mrs. Roseline Jones
Executive Co-coordinator(Holland Lottery Inc).

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