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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: "Prof. Heydari M. Bahramali" (may be fake)
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2011 07:05:06 +0530
Subject: Arab-Asian Muslims Lottery Award Division.


Arab-Asian Muslims Lottery Award Division.

From: The Desk of the International
Award Promotion's Coordinator
Arab-Asian Muslims Lottery Award Division.
DIFC/ DUBAI INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL CENTER IN COLLABORATION WITH INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION

Email:prof.megamillionlottery@yahoo.com

PO Box 702101, Dubai Media City - United Arab Emirates

Batch Number: AAMLAD -89705


Sir/Madam



We are pleased to inform you about the result of the Arab-Asian Muslims Lottery Award Division Programs,We are pleased to inform you that you have been announced the second lucky winner of its JACKPOT LOTTERY PROGRAMME held on the Jan 28th, 2011. Your personal email address and your company personal email address And your Mobile Phone Network was selected and attached to the winning number two (2) with Batch Number: MML-89705, Lotto Number: MML-65812 and Winning Number: MML-43668.



Therefore, you have been approved for lump sums payout of £3,000,000.00 GBP (THREE MILLION GREAT BRITISH POUNDS STERLING) in cash and have been credited to Ref Payment No: 89680AAMLAD.


This is from total prize money of £34.3 Million, Great British Pounds Sterling, shared among the Twenty Five (25) International lucky Winners all over the world by the Arab-Asian Muslims Lottery Award Division with objectives to a global financial assistance to the lucky winners.



To claim your prize funds, you are to contact the Legal Financial Controller (Prof. Heydari M. Bahramali) of the Arab-Asian Muslims Lottery Award Division.


Below is our Financial Controller contact information.


Contact Name: Prof. Heydari M. Bahramali (Financial Controller)

E-mail: prof.megamillionlottery@yahoo.com


You are required to forward your winning details via the above e-mail addresses. And your personal information to the above address for verification, and further proceedings, with respect to the release of your Prize Funds. Your personal information includes the following:



PLEASE FILL THE FORM AND RESPOND IMMEDIATELY:



1) Full Name...................................................

2) Nationality..................................................

3) Age..................................................................................

4) Contact Address / Phone No.........................................

5) Sex...................................................................................

6) Job...................................................................................




PLEASE FILL YOUR BANK ACCOUNT DETAILS:



BANK NAME: .....................................................

ACCOUNT HOLDER NAME: .................................

ACCOUNT NUMBER: ..........................................

BANK ADDRESS:...........................................

COPY OF YOUR ID:........................................



As soon as you contact our Financial Controller, he will advise you on what to do in order to get your prize money within 48hrs to your Bank Account.



CONGRATULATIONS!! Following the mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep your Winning information confidential until your claims have been processed and your money remitted to your account. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants.



SECURITY:



For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this winning information confidential from the public, until your claims documents are processed and your prize released to you. All winning must be claimed not later than 29th of Feb, 2011. After this date, all unclaimed funds will be included in the next stake. To avoid unnecessary delays and complications please remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in all correspondences. Furthermore, should there be any change of address do Inform our agent as soon as possible.



Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thanks for being part of Arab-Asian Muslims Lottery Award Programme.

Note: Under the age of 18 is not eligible.



This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of these programmers by non-participants or unofficial personnel



Sincerely………



Prof. Heydari M. Bahramali

(Legal Financial Controller)

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