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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: "Asia International Lottery Award" <iso.hitec@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: infohitec@aim.com
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 03:17:27 -0200 (GMT+2)
Subject: International Lottery Award




The Asia International Lottery Award
(Regional Office)
Blk B,2/1-3 Jln Ipoh
Kuala Lumpur,55003
Malaysia.

Dear Lucky Winner,

We are pleased to inform you of the result in the just concluded annual final
draws of the ASIAN NATIONAL INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY programs. The online cyber
lotto draw was conducted from an exclusive list of 1,000,000(One
Million) e-mail addresses of individuals and corporate bodies picked by an
advanced automated random computer search from the internet,so no tickets
were
sold to enter for the promotions.

After this automated computer ballot, your e-mail address emerged as
one of two winners in the category \\"A"\\ You have therefore been
approved to
claim the sum of US$679,999,000 (Six Hundred And Seventy Nine Thousand, Nine
Hundred And Ninety-Nine United States Dollars Only) with the information
below:

Ticket Number: 2747-3600-2010 188
Serial Number: 5368/02/10
Batch Number: CBSTA/7913/KL/AS
Reference Number: EAP/10/17/54/2010/KL

To file for your claims, you are to contact our appointed fiduciary agent for
the immediate processing and release of your winnings.

Mr Craig Emerson(Foreign Operations Manager),
Iso Hitec Securities
Company Email:infohitec@aim.com

You must contact the claim appointed agent quoting your winning numbers and
providing the informations below:

(1) Full Names........................
(2) Contact Home/Office Address.............
(3) Country Of Origin................
(4) Winning Email.....................
(5) Mobile Telephone Contact.................
(6) Home/Office Telephone Contact.............
(7) Marital Status.....................

For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information
confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your prize has
been released to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double
claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this programme by non
participant
or unofficial personnel.Note: The Validity period of the winnings is for 20
working days other wise all funds will be returned as Unclaimed.

Congratulations once again from all members and staff of this program.

Best Regards,

Fatimah Binti Usman,
Online Co-ordinator,
Asian National Lottery.

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