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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: "DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL LOTTERY" <gnlagency@zwallet.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: gnlagency@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 04:34:51 +0000
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION

GLOBAL NATIONAL LOTTERY AGENCY
IN COLLABORATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL LOTTERY
CONSUMER AFFAIRSSHELLBRIDGE WAY RICHMOND, SUITE 800
WINNIPEG, MANITOBA.AN AFFILIATE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL LOTTERIES
KWARMAH NKRUMAH AVE 10760 ROAD ACCRA GHANA

WINNING NOTIFICATION

THIS AGENCY WISH TO INFORM YOU OF THE GLOBAL NATIONAL
LOTTERY PROGRAMMES HELD IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE
YEAR 2004 IN ACCRA GHANA SUB REGIONAL HEAD QUARTERS IN
CONJUNCTION WITH THE WEST AFRICAN MONETARY INSTITUTE
THIS LOTTERY AGENCY IS SET UP TO BECOME THE WORLD
NUMBER ONE LOTTERY AGENCY AND TO ACHIEVE THIS AIM WE
HAVE ORGANISED A PROMOTION OF TWELVE MILLION DOLLARS.
FOR THE TWELVE LUCKY WINNERS WHOSE EMAIL ADDRESS WAS
SELECTED RANDOMLY FROM THE WORLD WIDE WEB SITE THROUGH
COMPUTERS DRAW SYSTEM AND EXTRACTED FROM OVER 100,000
INDIVIDUALS AND COMPANIES. THIS PROMOTION TAKES PLACE
ANNUALLY.
THIS EMAIL NOTIFICATION IS BEING SENT TO YOU AS YOUR
EMAIL ADDRESS WITH TICKET NO. 522/5390/800/NG FELL
WITHIN THE 4TH CATEGORY OF WINNERS IN THIS SUB REGION
THEREBY MAKING YOU A LUCKY WINNER OF $ 1 MILLION
DOLLARS.
TO FILE YOUR CLAIM PLEASE CONTACT OUR FIDUCIARY AGENT
MR.FRED ANSAH,EMAIL:fredansah@mail2agent.com
TO AVOID UNNECESSARY DELAYS AND COMPLICATIONS, YOU ARE
TO CONTACT MR. FRED ANSAH,WITH THE FOLLOWING DETAILS
BELOW.
1.YOUR FULL NAMES, TELEPHONE, AND FAX NUMBERS, CONTACT
ADDRESS AND
2.QUOTE YOUR TICKET NUMBER IN ANY CORRESPONDENCES WITH
OUR DESIGNATED AGENT OR US.A

WE SINCERELY CONGRATULATE YOU FOR EMERGING AS ONE OF
OUR LUCKY WINNERS
SINCERELY,
DR.MRS ESTHER SEITH
GLOBAL NATIONAL LOTTERY AGENCY ZONAL CORDINATOR



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