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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.INC" <xelentway@gmail.com>
Reply-To: ausloto1960@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 03:43:30 -0700
Subject: DEAR MADAM/SIR CONGRATULATIONS(YOUR EMAIL ID HAVE WON FOR YOU TODAY)

Attn: Sir/Madam,


CONGRATULATIONS!

We are delighted to inform you that you have won the sum of
1,000,000.00. One Million
Great British Pound (GBP) from AUSTRALIA LOTTERY (AUSTRALIA) Awards programme.

AUSTRALIA LOTTERY! collects all the email addresses of the people that
are active online, among the millions that subscribed to Yahoo and
Hotmail and few
from other e-mail providers. Six people are selected monthly to benefit
from this promotion and you are one of the Selected Winners.

PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM
Winners shall be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement Centre.
AUSTRALIA LOTTERY Prize Award must be claimed not later than 15 days
from date of Draw Notification. Any prize not claimed within this period will be
forfeited.

Stated below are your identification numbers:
BATCH NUMBER: YPA/07-43658
REFERENCE NUMBER: 2007234522
PIN: 1206


TO BEGIN CLAIMS, KINDLY CONTACT OUR FIDUCIARY AGENT:

Name:Rev Frank Louis

Tel: +2347064768256

Contact e-mail: ausloto1960@gmail.com



CLAIMS REQUIREMENTS
Beneficiary's Full Name: .............
Beneficiary's Address: ...............
Beneficiary's Country.................
Beneficiary's Occupation..............
Beneficiary's Phone: .................
Beneficiary's Age: ...................
Beneficiary's Sex: ...................

Yours faithfully,
Mrs.. Carol Jones

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