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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: "Jonathan Burns" <abt.rhabanus@schweiklberg.de>
Reply-To: serv116@att.net
Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:03:10 +0200
Subject: Pls Confirm

G20 SUMMIT LOTTERY PROMOTION
275 Deansgate Manchester M3 4EL

Winning Numbers For Lotto 6/49

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the fortnight draw of the
G20 SUMMIT LOTTERY PROMOTION held in London. The online cyber
annual draws was conducted from a list of 25,000,000 e-mail ddresses of
individuals and corporate institutions, picked by an advanced automated
random computer. No tickets were sold. Your e-mail address emerged as
one of the winners in the Wednesday 29th May, 2009 category with the
following Qualification Information attached:

BONUS 43
WINNING NUMBERS: 7- 15 -23- 25- 27- 40
TICKT NUMBERS: QML9564 75604545 06
FILE REF.NO:SACA/851O836I/ 09
SERIAL: NUMBERS :201082013

You are therefore to receive a jackpot cash prize of {US$2.5M} (TWO
MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS) from our total
lottery payout.

For security reasons, be advised to keep your winning information
confidential till your claim is processed upon meeting our, statutory
obligations, verifications and general requirements as double claim will
automatically disqualify you.

NOTE: To confirm that you have the winning numbers for Wednesday 29th
May,2009 draw, Confirm under Lotto 6/49

To file for your claim, do contact the CLAIM AGENT with following
information:

Your Name
Address
Phone Number

Claim Agent
Michael Perry
Email: serv116@att.net

Congratulations once again from our members of staff and thank you for
being part of our Promotional Program.

SIGNED:
Yours faithfully,

Jonathan Burns
(Online coordinator)




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