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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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Fraud email example:

From: "F.B.I LOTTERY 2013" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <telllesfen.ole@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2013 12:27:15 +0100
Subject: F.B.I Lottery 2013!!!!

OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (FBI-WDC)
WASHINGTON DC.ROOM, 7367
J. EDGAR HOOVER FBI BUILDING
935 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, NW
WASHINGTON, DC 20535.
 
Dear Winner,
 
The Federal Bureau Of Investigation (FBI-WDC) wants to inform you that we
received an alert from the USA/UK SWEEPSTAKES LOTTO OFFICE yesterday that
Your email address has won you ($4.25 MILLION DOLLARS WINNER 2013 AWARD SESSION) in the on going 2013 SWEEPSTAKES
LOTTERY PROMOTION. This promo is a new international annual grant by
SWEEPSTAKES Lotto Promotions irrespective of races, cultures, religion or
location with no tickets sold but all email addresses were assigned to
different ticket numbers for representation and privacy. The online draws was
conducted by a random selection of email addresses from an exclusive list of
29,031,643 E-mail addresses of individuals and corporate bodies picked by an
advanced automated random computer search from the internet.
 
The UK/USA SWEEPSTAKES LOTTO made it clear to us that the selection process was
carried out through random selection in there computerized email selection
machine (TOPAZ). This Lottery is approved by the British,American and Swiss Gaming
Board and also licensed by the The International Association of Gaming
Regulators (IAGR). This lottery is the 3rd of its kind and we intend to
sensitize the public.
 
NOTE: To file for your claim, you are here by advise to please contact the USA/UK/SWISS
SWEEPSTAKES LOTTO corporate Office Through the Attorney General in Charge of
releasing the Prize Money (Claims Department) with your information's below to
begin the claim processing and remmittance of your prize money to you.
 
1. Full Names : ...........................
2. Residential Address : ..................
3. Phone Number :Mobile&Home...............
4. Fax Number : ...........................
5. Occupation : .................
6. Sex : ................
7. Age : .............
8. Nationality :...............
 
******************************
********************
Find below your Reference and Batch numbers that was forwarded to us by the
lotto board of directors.
Remember to quote these numbers in your correspondence to there claim's
department enclosed below.
****************************** ********************
(1) Ref No: 040/055/337
(2) Batch No: 561702-PCD004
(3) Ticket No: 27522465897-6454
(4) Serial No: 3773-555
****************************** ********************
 
UK/USA SWEEPSTAKES LOTTO OFFICE:
Attorney In Charge : Barrister Ole Bjorn Tellesfen
Contact Email Address: telllesfen.ole@gmail.com
 
As soon as you contact Barrister Ole Bjorn Tellesfen with the above contact
e-mail address you are to make sure you keep all Winning details as well as details of this Transaction from all Third-parties,Friends or Whosoever to avoid dual claims of your Lottery Winnings as experienced in the Past.
 
Congratulations once again!
 
YOURS TRULY,
MR. LAURENCE .M. EAGLES
EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN FBI-IC3.
WASHINGTON DC, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
PLEASE CALL AT ONCE TO CONFIRM F.B.I LOTTERY PRIZE(360-663-5333).

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