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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, 16 Nov 2008 03:12:59 -0800
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION FOR CATEGORY "A" CYBER LOTTO DRAWS

FROM THE DESK OF THE DIRECTOR INTERNATIONAL PRIZE AWARD DEPT



*Ref Number: PW EH 9590 OG 0612
*Batch Number: 563881545-NL/2008
*Ticket Number: PA 3502 /8707-01
*Amount Won: USD$2,500,000.00.



WINNING NOTIFICATION FOR CATEGORY "A" CYBER LOTTO DRAWS




We are pleased to inform you of results of our cyber lotto draw of the promotional International lottery Programs.


The online electronic-raffle draws was conducted from an exclusive list of 250,000 e-mail accounts picked by our Electronic Random Selection System (ERSS) from an exclusive list

However, no tickets were sold.

After the automated computer ballot collection, your e-mail address emerged as a winner (category "A") with the following numbers attached

(Ref Number: PW EH 9590 OG 0612, Batch Number: 563881545-NL/2008 and Ticket Number: PA 3502 /8707-01

You are therefore to receive a cash prize of $2,500,000.00.

(Two Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) from the total payout sum! CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Your prize award has been insured with your e-mail address and will be transferred to you immediately upon which you meet verifications.

To file in for the processing of your prize winnings, you are advised to contact our Certified claims Agent (category "A") on the address below:



Name: Mr Robert Williams
Foreign claims agent Netherlands Office.

Phone: +31645449390
Fax:+ 31 847 455 835
Email: rwilliams08@yahoo.cn


You are advised to provide him with the following information:

First name:

Last Name:

Telephone/Fax number:

Nationality:

Age:

Occupation:

You are to keep all lotto information confidential, especially your reference numbers and the password of your E-mail address. Since we do not

Know you, if an impostor hacks your E-mail account ID and claims your money without our knowledge, we shall not be liable. Double claims will not be

Entertained so be careful. Furthermore, should there be any change of address do inform our agent as soon as possible.


Congratulations!!! And thank you for being a user of the World Wide Web.

Yours Faithfully,

Yuan Liang
Lottery Coordinator.
Thank you and congratulations








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