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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: "Mr.Jacky Chong" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jackyofficeasia@aol.com>
Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2010 02:59:04 -0700
Subject: EURO ASIA AMERICA LOTTERY HEADQUARTERS:


EURO ASIA AMERICA LOTTERY HEADQUARTERS:

Customer Service
P O BOX 1010

LIVERPOOL, L90 1NL UNITED KINGDOM
Batch: 14/211/0374
Ref: BTL/311OXI/02

WINNING NOTIFICATION

Dear Sir/Madam

We happily announce to you the draw (#974) of the Euro

Afro America Lottery International programs held in

London for the month of May 2010. Your e-mail address

attached to ticket number: 694 75600545 721 with

Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: 03. 08.

25. 29. 31. 43. [23] Bonus Ball, which subsequently

won you the lottery in the 2nd category.

You are therefore, been approved to claim a total sum

of &pound; 946,000.00(Nine hundred and Forty Six

thousand Great Britain Pounds) in cash. This is from a

total cash prize of &pound; M124, 872,000(One Hundred

and Twenty Four Million, Eight Hundred and Seventy Two

Thousand Pounds, shared amongst the first (132) lucky

winners in this category. This year Lottery Program

Jackpot is the largest ever for Euro Afro America

Lottery. The estimated &pound; M124, 872,000 jackpots

would be the sixth-biggest in U.K. history. The

biggest was the &pound;363 million jackpot that went

to two winners in a May 2000 drawing of The Big Game,

Mega Millions’ predecessor.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls

within our African booklet representative office in

Johannesburg as indicated in our play coupon. In view

of this, your &pound; 946,000.00 (Nine Hundred and

Forty Six thousand, pounds) would be released to you

by our affiliated bank in Johannesburg. Our agent will

immediately commence the process to facilitate the

release of your funds to you as soon as you make

contact with him,

BRIEF CLARIFICATION: The Euro-Afro-American Sweepstake

Lottery International program is held periodically to

help encourage the worldwide usage of

computer/internet as a tool of fast communication and

learning. And hence email addresses were selected

through computer balloting system from World Wide

Website and extracted from over 100,000 companies and

500,000 individual email addresses. This promotion

takes place annually and the program is co-sponsored

by the United Kingdom National Lottery Board Liverpool

in-collaborations with the MICROSFT COPORATIONS WORLD

WIDE, owned by the American billionaire businessman

Mr. Bill Gates.

For security reasons, your winning prize is now

insured and has been deposited with our registered

bank in South Africa. Due to the mix up of some

numbers and names, we ask that you keep this award

strictly from public notice until your claim has been

processed and your money remitted to your account.

This is part of our security protocol to avoid double

claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of this

program. Please be warned. To file for your claim,

please contact our fiduciary agent with the below

details for processing of your claims.

Overseas Claims Unit
Euro Asia America Lottery Verification Agent Officer,
Kuala Lumpur District
Contact Person: Mr. Jacky Chong
Tel: +0162343575
Email:jackyofficeasia@aol.com

KINDLY FILL OUT THE LOTTERY VERIFICATION DETAILS BELOW

AND SEND TO MR.Mike Peter,LUCKY FOR FURTHER

INFORMATIONS.

1. Full Name: _______________________________________
2.Address/State: ____________________________________


3.ZipCode:_________________________________________
4.Sex:_____________________________________________

5.Age:_____________________________________________
6.Marital Status:_____________________________________
7.Occupation:_______________________________________
8.Company:_________________________________________
9.Position Held:______________________________________
10.E-MAIL Address:____________________________________
11.Tel No:____________________________________________
12.Lotto No:_____________Draw No:_____________________
13.Ticket No:_____________Serial

No:____________________
14.Amount Won:______________________________________
15. Nationality: ________________

__________________

16. Country of resident: ___ ___ ___ ___ _____

____________

To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please

quote your reference/batch numbers in any

correspondences with us or our designated agent.

Congratulations once more from all members and staffs

of this program. Thank you for being part of our

yearly promotional lottery winner.

Yours faithfully,
Mrs.Catherine Walker
United Kingdom Zonal Co-ordinator.

International Program.

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