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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: "Mrs. Rosemary Tata" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <tong.phapat@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:08:05 +0700
Subject: ASIAN UNION INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY ORGANIZATION

ASIAN UNION INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY ORGANIZATION
World Trade Organization(WTO).
Serial number 04581-12
Lucky number 04582-12.
Ticket number N-888801-1
Ref.number N.EGS3662367114/13

Congratulations for been chosen among our recipients.
Compliment of the day, this is to notify you that you have been chosen
by the Board of trustees of the WTO and ASIAN UNION based in ASIA, as one
of the final recipients of our Grant Donation for your personal development
to mark the year 2009.

Your email address came out among the ten recipients in the internet
category to receive US$250,000.00 (Two Hundred And Fifty Thousand
United State Dollars) each, for upliftment of your environment.

Do contact your Claims Director with the information below, Remember to
send him your identification number's.Your identification number's is
(Serial number 04581-12, Lucky number 04582-12, Ticket number
N-888801-1,Ref.number N.EGS3662367114/13).

Do fill and send the below information.

FULL NAME:....................
CONTACT ADDRESS:..............
MARITAL STATUS:...............
SEX;..........................
AGE:..........................
TELEPHONE NUMBER:.............
OCCUPATION:...................
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN:............

Contact Claims co-ordinator:

Mr Tong Phapat
Email:tong.phapat@yahoo.com.hk

On behalf of the Board kindly accept our warmest congratulations.

Yours faithfully,

Mrs.Rosemary Tata
Association Information officer.
Copyright (c) 2009 ASIAN UNION Projects Association Inc

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