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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: AUSTRALIAN LOTTERY SWEEPSTAKES INT'L <AUS-LOTTO-2012@LOTTERY.COM>
Reply-To: barr.kenjoe@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2012 04:34:18 +0800
Subject: YOU WON !!!

AUSTRALIAN LOTTERY SWEEPSTAKES INT'L.
UNI: 24 HIGHER AVENUE HARRIS PARK
GRANVILLE NSW 0152 SYDNEY
AUSTRALIA.
Ref: 475061725
Batch: 7056490902/188
Winning no: GB8701/LPRC
WINNING NOTIFICATION!
Dear Sir/Madam:
We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on the 11th
October 2012, from the Australian Lottery Sweepstakes International,
This is a bonus to promote lotto in Australia Which is fully based on
an electronic selection of winners using their e-mail addresses from
some site.
Your email address was attached to ticket number: 47061725 07056490902
serial number 7741137002 This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows
5-13-33-37-42 bonus number 17, which consequently won the lotto in the
second category.
You here by have been approved a lump sum pay of $ 200,000.00usd (Two
Hundred thousand united states dollars) in cash credit file
ref:ILP/HW47509/02 from the total cash prize shared among 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.
Our Fiduciary Agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate
the release of your funds as soon as you contact him.
TO FILE FOR YOUR CLAIM: Simply contact our Fiduciary Agent.
NAME: BARRISTER SMITH JOHN ( ESQ )
E-mail address : barr.kenjoe@hotmail.com
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 in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your
prize.
This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted taking advantage of this program by non-participant or
unofficial personnel.
! ! ! PLEASE BE WARNED ! ! !
Note, all winnings must be claimed before 31st day of October 2012,
otherwise all funds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually
donated to charity organizations.
PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL.CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT AT
barr.kenjoe@hotmail.com ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON
THE PART OF THE WINNERS WILL RESULT TO DISQUALIFICATION.
Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!
Yours faithfully,
Mrs Zain Ali
On line co-ordinator for
Australian Lottery,
Sweepstakes International.

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