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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: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 16:15:51 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATION!!!






























FROM: THE DESK OF THE VICE PRESIDENT



INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARDS DEPARTMENT



AUSTRALIAN INTERNATIONAL SWEEPSTAKES LOTTERY



CORPORATION.2008







04/10/2008



REF NUMBER: 475061725



BATCH NUMBER: 7056490902/188



WINNING NUMBER: GB8701/L PRC







Dear Winner,







We are delighted to inform you of your prize which was released today



being 4th November 2008, from the Australian International Lottery



Program, which is fully based on an electronic selection of winners using



their e-mail address from some sites. Your email address was attached to



ticket number; 4700172507056490102 and serial number 7741134002. This



batch draws the lucky numbers as follows 5-13-33-37-42 and bonus number



17,which consequently won the lottery in the second category. You



hereby have been approved a lump sum pay of(US$500,000.00 (FIVE HUNDRED



THOUSAND DOLLARS) in cash shared amongst eight lucky winners in this



category.







All participants 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 promotion program which is conducted annually. This



Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of some



multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the citizens in



the communities where they have an operational base.Furthermore, your



details (e-mail address) fall within our European representative office



in Amsterdam,Holland as indicated in your play coupon and your prize



of USD$500,000.00 will be released to you from this regional office in



NIGERIA. We hope that with part of your prize, you will participate in



our end of year high stakes for US$1.5 Billion international draw. To



file for your claim, please contact our director of finance.







Name :JELF WILLIAMS



E-mail:(jelfwilliams01@live.com)



TEL+234 8032298435







By filling this form below and send it to him to file for your claim. LOTTERY WINNERS APPLICATION FORM OF PAYMENT.







FIRST NAME..........................



LAST NAME...........................



DATE OF BIRTH..................



ADDRESS...........................



SEX...................................



AGE..................................



NATIONALITY...................



OCCUPATION....................



ACCOUNT NUMBER...........



BANK NAME.....................



BANK ADDRESS...............



TELEPHONE......................



EMAIL...............................



DATE................................



SIGNATURE......................



WINNER REF/BATCH NO...........................APPROVED FOR PAYMENT.







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.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 Programmer by non participants or unofficial Personnel.Note: All winnings MUST be claimed within 30 days of from today; otherwise all funds will be returned As Unclaimed
and eventually donated to charity Organizations



PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL. CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS E-mail:( jelfwilliams01@live.com) Note,quote the amount won and mobile phone number while sending your winning details to your claims agent PLEASE ENSURE YOU TYPE THE EMAIL ADDRESS CORRECTLY TO ENSURE SAFE & QUICK MAIL DELIVERY/RESPONSE. ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF WINNERS WILL RESULT TO DISQUALIFICATION.







Yours Faithfully



Mr James Smith



(Co ordinator).































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