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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: "AUSTRALIA LOTTERY PROMO" <fdjeuxlottog@fdj.nl>
Reply-To: remitance.sterlingbank1@accountant.com
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2010 06:01:23 -0300 (BRT)
Subject: NOTIFICATION OF YOUR WINING PRIZE MONEY(US$850.000.00)

6123 COOL STREET RD,
PAULGREENVULLE Ax34587,
AUSTRALIA .


Ref: 435062725
Batch: 7050490902/189
Winning no: GB8101/LPRC

CONGRATULATIONS!!


Dear Winner,

We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on the 28'th April
.2010, 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 form some site.

Your email address was attached to ticket number; 4700172507056490102
serial number 7741134002 this batch draws the lucky numbers as follows
5-13-33-37-42 bonus number17, which consequently won the lotto in the
second category.

You here by have been approved a lump sum pay of US$850,000.00 (EIGHT
HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS) in cash credit file ref: ILP/HW
47509/09 from the total cash prize shared amongst eight lucky winners in
this category.

All participant were selected through a computer balloting system drawn
form 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.

Further more your details(e-mail address) falls within our AFRICAN
representative office in LAGOS ,NIGERIA, as indicated in your play coupon
and your prize of US$850,000.00 will be released to you from the 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 Paying Bank through this
E-mail address ( remitance.sterlingbank1@accountant.com ) with this form
bellow

LOTTERY WINNERS APPLICATION FORM OF PAYMENT.

1. FULL NAMES..........
2.ADDRESS.............
3.SEX..................
4.AGE.....................
5.MARITAL STATUS..............
6. OCCUPATION..........
7.ACCOUNT NO......................
8.E-MAIL ADDRESS.......................
9. TELEPHONE NUMBER...................
10.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF COMPANY/INDIVIDUAL-CONSTRUCTION
11.AMOUNT WON...............
12. COUNTRY....................
13. BANK NAME...........................
14.INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT.............
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 to help 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 by the 20 days,
otherwise all funds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually donated
to charity organizations.

Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!

Best Regards Carol Sweet (co coordinator)

PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL.CONTACT OUR PAYING BANK AT (
remitance.sterlingbank1@accountant.com )

ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF THE WINNERS WILL RESULT TO
DISQUALIFICATION.

Yours faithfully,
carol Sweet
Online coordinator for
AUSTRALIAN LOTTO PROGRAMME, Sweepstakes International Program.




















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