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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: Loterry Agent <lottocustomercares2012@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2012 15:16:24 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS

Office of the Zonal Coordinator
Texas Lottery Commission Mega Millions Lottery,
PO Box 16630 Austin Texas USA.

Dear Winner,

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the annual draw of the Texas
Lottery Draw held in Austin Texas, USA. The online cyber annual draws were

conducted from a list of 25,000,000 e-mail addresses of individuals and
corporate institutions picked by an advanced automated random computer
search

from the Internet.
(No tickets were sold).

Your e-mail address emerged as one of the winners in the 26th/27th category
with the following Qualification Information attached:
WINNING NUMBERS 4/12/14/17/36/42 E-MAIL
TICKET NUMBER B9665 75604546 199
FILE REF. NUMBER TXLC/4.12.14.17.36.42
SERIAL NUMBER 97560
You are therefore to receive a cash prize of USD$250,000.00 (Two hundred
and fifty United State Dollars) from our total lottery payout. For security

reasons, be advised to keep your winning information confidential till your
claim is processed upon meeting our statutory obligations, verification,
and

general requirements, as double claim will automatically disqualify your
email ticket number. To file for your claim do contact the Claim Agent with
the

provided contact information below:
NAME: Mr John Williams (Claims Agent)
Email: texaslotter_zonal_megamillions@aol.com

NOTE: All winnings must be claimed not later than 21 days of this
notification, thereafter unclaimed winning will be returned to the Texas
Lottery board

and Gambling Board as unclaimed Lottery Payment to be included in the next
draw. Send the below information to the Claim Agent for the processing of

your winning payment.
WINNERS APPLICATION FORM
NAME
ADDRESS
NATIONALITY
SEX
AGE
PHONE/MOBILE
FAX
OCCUPATION COMPANY WINNING NUMBER
Congratulations once again from our members of staff and thank you for
being part of our Promotional Program.
Yours faithfully,

Mr John Williams
(Online Coordinator)
Austin Texas USA.

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