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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 NATIONAL LOTTO LOTTERY <silviawilliams2016@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2023 00:49:02 +0100
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS LUCKY WINNER,


*AUSTRALIA NATIONAL* *LOTTO LOTTERY**.*

Independent results service from National Lotto Lottery around the World.

*ELECTRONIC DRAW WINNING NOTIFICATIONS PRESENTATION CENTER AUSTRALIA.*



*DATE: 18/02/2023*

*Ref: 575061725*

*Batch: 8056490902/188 Winning no: KB8701/LPRC*



*CONGRATULATIONS LUCKY WINNER,*

*We the Australia national lotto lottery, are delighted to inform you of
your winning prize after the latest Lotto draws held on 17th of February
2023 which took place at about 7:30pm AEST and the results were posted
immediately, which emerged you as one of the lucky winners, Now all winning
prices has been release and awaiting to claim by the lucky winners, The
draw which is fully based on an electronic selection of winners using their
email addresses, which you are one of the lucky winners and your email
address was attached to ticket number 575061725 8056490902 serial number
email 6741137002 batch number 8056490902/188. To view more details about
this popular Australian lotto lottery draw and to see the prizes that were
paid out on this second category draw jackpot please contact admin.*
*https://australia.national-lottery.com*
<https://australia.national-lottery.com>

* This second batch category draws lucky numbers as follows, 4-13-33-37-42
bonus number 17, which consequently won the lottery in the second category.
Note there’s never any danger of any kind or missing of a winning prize
when you take part on our electronic draws, You’ll always be notified if
you win, and the vast majority of prizes will get paid straight into your
bank account, consequently you hereby have been approved a lump sum of
US$600,000.00 cash as your winning prize with the credit file reference
number, ILP/HW 47509/02 from the total Jackpot of $5,421,266.64 to be
shared among eight lucky winners in this category Jackpot.*

* All participants were selected through a computer balloting system drawn
from Nine hundred thousand Email addresses from Canada, Australia, America,
Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our international
promotions program which is conducted annually. Please note, As National
Lottery is an independent results service for National lotto Lotteries
around the World, As such, we ask that you do not post or reply to this
email address, as we cannot process your claim, if you have a winning, you
should contact our National Lottery agent directly via email to claim your
winning prize, As well as finding out everything you need to know about
Australian National lottery, you can also learn more about some of the our
biggest international games, from US Powerball to Euro Millions, there are
some huge jackpots to play around the world every week and you can even
take part now from Australia and all around the world. 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 an operational base. 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 winning prize; simply contact our national lottery
fiduciary agent directly,*

*NAME: BARRISTER, WILLIAM JOHN, OF EBRWORTH CHAMBER 1 FARRER PLACE,
SYDNEY, NSW 2000, AUSTRALIA EMAIL:* BARRISTER.WILLIAMJOHN@writeme.com *OR *

*BARRISTER_JOHNWILLIAM@PROTON.ME <BARRISTER_JOHNWILLIAM@PROTON.ME>** 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 as to help us locate your file easily.*

*For security reasons, we advise 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 programmer.*

*Note, all winnings must be claimed on or before 30 DAYS AFTER YOU HAVE
RECEIVED YOUR WINNING INFORMATION. Otherwise all funds will be returned as
Unclaimed and eventually donated to charity. *

*Congratulations, once more from the entire Management and Staff of
AUSTRALIA NATIONAL LOTTO LOTTERY Cooperation to all our lucky winners this
year.*

*Thank you for being part of this promotional lottery program.*



*Yours Sincerely,*

*DR. Mrs. SANSUE JIO*

*(Co-coordinator) *

*KINDLY CONTACT YOUR CLAIMING AGENT NOW TO CLAIM YOUR WINNING.*

BARRISTER.WILLIAMJOHN@writeme.com

*BARRISTERWILLIAMJOHN1622@GMAIL.COM <BARRISTERWILLIAMJOHN1622@GMAIL.COM>*

*BARRISTER_JOHNWILLIAM@PROTON.ME <BARRISTER_JOHNWILLIAM@PROTON.ME>*

*BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF THE WINNERS WILL RESULT TO
DISQUALIFICATION.*

*© 2023 AUSTRALIA NATIONAL LOTTO LOTTERY ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, TERMS AND
CONDITIONS APPLY.*

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