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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: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2008 09:30:40 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?b?ISAhICEgRslMSUNJVEFUSU9OIC9DT05HUkFUVUxBVElPTg==?=
=?iso-8859-1?b?ISAhICE=?=


! ! ! FÉLICITATION /CONGRATULATION! ! !

ACCULLOTTO COMPANY & NEW YORK CITY ,UNITED STATE OF AMERICA
WINNING REFERENCE:LP/26510460037/03.
GROUPE : 24/00319
(Registration Z720633X).
www.nylottery.org





lotto





It is our pleasure to inform you of the declaration of winners of the
NEW YORK CITY & ACCULLOTTO COMPANY,UNITED STATE OF AMERICA LOTTERY AWARD held on 25th (October )2008.


In the final draw,your name was attached to ticket number 6325698-44596-
222, with serial number 410-32659,draw lucky n umbers 4014-236985744-
596 & Your e-mail address attached to : which consequently won in the
2nd category.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of
($850,000.00 Eight Hundred and fifty Thousand Dollars), In cash
accredited file No:LP/26510460037/03. This is from a Total Cash Prize of
($15 000 000 FIFTEEN MILLION DOLLARS) shared among the 22 International
Countries in this category. All participants were selected through a
computer ballot system drawn from 25,000 names from Africa, Australia,
New Zealand, America,Europe,North America and Asia as part of
International Promotions Program that is conducted annually to encourage
the use of Internet and Internet based programs.


Basically,The electronics method of chosen the winner was employed
because not everybody would be able to be in U.S.A for the
purchase of the lotto ticket because of visa problems.


We are delighted to express our heartfelt congratulations to you.
We hope that with a fraction of your wining money,you will be able to
assist the less privilege in your society and also participate in our next
year high stakes promotions of $10 Billion International Lottery.


For your information on how you will start the Processing and remittance
of your prize money to your account, Please contact the claiming Manager
stated below to receive your winning Money immediately:
To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent:







LOTTO BOARD REPRESENTATIVE & CLAIMING AGENT
Mrs.Mounirathou LEADI. Email :nyclottery_claim@yahoo.fr
Tel/Fax :+226-50322815









Remember,all prize money must be claimed not later than 26th/November/2008.


NOTE: NO TICKETS WERE SOLD FOR THIS ONLINE PROMOTION, WHICH IS
WHY YOU HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED WITH YOUR REFERENCE AND BATCH
NUMBER TO IDENTIFY YOU AND YOU MUST ALWAYS QUOTE THIS
NUMBERS RELATING TO YOUR CLAIM.

!!!CONGRATULATION!!!
Congratulations from all our staff
We wish you continued good fortunes.
Online coordinator for Sweepstakes International Program

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