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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: "Holmes" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <holmesgrant@aol.com>
Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2019 04:20:06 -0700
Subject: Australian International Lottery 2019

Ref: Ng3000098
Batch: BB08766/19
Winning no:DS8393/LPX
 
 
                                     CONGRATULATIONS
 
Dear Lucky Winner,We are delighted to inform you of your prize release for the Year 2019 from the Australian International Lottery programme. Which is fully based on an Electronic selection of winners using their e-mail addresses Your name was attached to the ticket number:47484858455 and serial number 0092783846. This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows 9-67-32-00-87 bonus number 86,which consequently won the lottery in the second category.You hereby have been approved a lump sum pay of US$5,000,000.00 (FIVE MILLION DOLLARS)in cash credit file ref: ILP/HW 8880/19 from the total cash prize of US$20,000,000.00 shared among the eight lucky winners in this category.All participant were selected through a computer balloting system drawn form One million 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 Lottery 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.Further more your details (e-mail address) fall within our Western representative office in West Bank, as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of US$5,000,000.00 and a brand new HP Pavilion desktop computer which will be released to you from this regional branch office in West Bank. We hope with part of your prize,you will participate in our end of year high stakes for US$1.3 Billion international draw.
 
HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE Simply contact our fiduciary agent
NAME : Rev.Carlitus Danta
EMAIL : revcardanta@gmail.com
To file for your claim . 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.This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this programme by non-participant or unofficial personnel.
FILL OUT OUR ONLINE VERIFICATION FORM, WRITE DOWN YOUR DETAILS AT THE APPROPRIATE COLUMN BELOW:
 
1.FULL NAMES:....
2.ADDRESS:........
3.City:...........
4.State:...........
5.Email Address:.....
6.Postcode:..........
7.Country:............
8.SEX:.................
9.AGE:..................
9.OCCUPATION:............
10.TELEPHONE NUMBER:.....
11.ATTACHMENT OF I.D OR PASSPORT
 
Note, all winnings MUST be claimed before the month runs out,otherwise all funds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually donated to charity Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!
 
Best Regards,
 
Grant Holmes(co-coordinator)

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