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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: Sat, 15 Nov 2008 01:38:10 -0800
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Congratulation_You_Have_Won_=A3800=2C000=2E00=21=21=21?=

The Irish Lottery
11 G Lower Dorset Street
Northern Ireland.
SUCCESS ALERT:

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

WINNINGS NOTIFICATION.

We are pleased to notify you the draw (#998) of the IRISH LOTTERY, Online Sweepstakes International Lottery.The result of our computer draw (#978) selected your name and email address attached to:

Your winning Numbers are;
Winning Num: 02, 12, 24, 38, 39, 45, Bonus 05
Batch Num: Batch: R3/A312-59
Reference Num: Ref: LSUK/2031/8161/05

You have been approved to claim a total sum of £800,000.00 (EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSANDS POUNDS STERLING) in cash credited to file SH231282. This is from a total cash prize of £32,200,000.00 GBP shared amongst the first Four (4) lucky winners in this category.
To file your claim, please contact the company's Fiduciary agent with the informations requested below via the following details :

Mr. Mr.Terry Cole. (Fudiciary Agent)
Email:Terrycole01@hotmail.com
1.Full Names........................................
2.Full Address(country).............................
3.Telephone Number.............
4.Sex.............
5.Age...............
4.Occupation........

I,......................................HEREBY DECLARE THAT I HAVE NEVER RECIEVED ANY SETTLEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL LOTTERY PROMOTION WINNING NOR HAVE ANY MEMBER OF MY FAMILY FILLED CLAIM ON MY BEHALF TO NATIONAL LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION. I, THEREFORE ASK THE IRISH INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY PROMOTION PRIZE AWARDS WINNING PROMOTION TO ACT ON MY BEHALF IN THE PROCESSING AND TRANSFER MY PRIZE AS INSTRUCTED BY ME.

Our winners are assured of the utmost standards of sincerity, if you are not the intended winner please do notify us so as to circumvent problems associated with fraudulent claims.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!
At your disposal, we remain.
Very Truly Yours,
Lorraine Duncan Lubeck,.

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