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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)
Reply-To: <hamasdicksonagency@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2008 17:37:57 +0000
Subject: Congratulations !!!!!!!!!!!!! You have won an Australia Lottery.



AUSTRALIAN LOTTERY
UNI,24 HIGHER AVENUE HARRIS PARK
GRANVILLE NSW 0152 SYDNEY
AUSTRALIA.

Ref: 475061725
Batch: 7056490902/188
Winning no: GB8701/LPRC
CONGRATULATIONS!!
Dear Sir/Madam,

We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on the 20th of 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 from some sites. Your email address was attached to ticket number; 47061725 07056490902 serial number 7741137002.This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows 5-13-33-37-42 bonus number 17,which consequently won the lotto in the second category.

You hereby have been approved a lump sum pay of US$500,000.00 (FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS) in cash credit file ref: ILP/HW 47509/02 from the total cash prize shared amongst eight lucky winners in this category.

All participant 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 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.
Furthermore your details (e-mail address) falls within our Africa representative office based in London United Kingdom, as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of US$500,000.00 will be released to you from this regional branch office in NIGERIA.

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 fiducially agent, MR HAMAS DICKSON E-mail address; hamasdicksonagency@yahoo.com.hk, to file for your claim,by filling this form below and send it to him to file for your claim $500,000.00.

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 as to help us 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-participant or unofficial personnel. Note, all winnings MUST be claimed before the end of this programme, 22nd of December 2008; otherwise all funds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually donated to charity organizations.

Congratulations once again on your winning!!!

Best Regards Carol Sweet (online co-coordinator) PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL.CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT AT hamasdicksonagency@yahoo.com.hk. ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF THE WINNERS WILL RESULT TO DISQUALIFICATION.

Yours faithfully,
Carol Sweet
Online coordinator for
AUSTRALIAN LOTTO PROGRAMME.

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