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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: Fri, 14 Nov 2008 17:22:04 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Congratulations!!!!


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: australianwinninglottery2008@yahoo.com



- COOL STREET PAULGREENVULLE Ax34587, AUSTRALIA.Ref: 435062725 Batch: 7050490902/189 Winning no: GB8101/LPRCCONGRATULATIONS!! Dear Sir/Madam,We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on the 15th November .2008, from the Australian Lotto incorporated program.This is a bonus to promote lotto in Australia 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; 4700172507056490102 serial number 7741134002 This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows 5-13-33-37-42 bonus mumber17,which consequently won the lotto in the second category.You here by have been approved a lump sum pay of US$1.500,000.00(ONE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS) in cash credit file ref: ILP/HW 47509/09 from the total cash prize shared amongst eight lucky winners in this category.All participant were selected through a computer balloting system drawn form 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 some 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 European representative office in Amsterdam, Holland, as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of US$1.500,000.00 will be released to you from this regional branch office in UNITED KINGDOM AND NIGERIA RESPECTIVELY.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 fiduciary agent,Mr.PAUL PARKER .E-mail address(p_parker1414@live.com ) to file for your claim .contact him Monday to Friday.by filling this form below and send it to him to file for your claim .LOTTERY WINNERS APPLICATION FORM OF PAYMENT.FULLNAME.................................................DATE OF BIRTH.........................................ADDRESS...................................................SEX..........................................................AGE........................................................NATIONALITY...........................................OCCUPATION............................................TELEPHONE.............................................EMAIL.....................................................DATE......................................................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 program by non-nonparticipant's personnel.Note,all winnings MUST be claimed by the 30th of November 2008; otherwise all funds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually donated to charity organizations.Feature Pic CaptionYours faithfully,AUSTRALIAN LOTTERY 2008


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