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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: dnlalottery23_2005@zipmail.com.br
Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2005 14:06:03 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?WINNING=20NOTIFICATION?=


DEPARTMENT NATIONAL
LOTTERIES AGENCY
IN COLLABORATION
WITH THE WEST AFRICAN MONETARY
INSTITUTE CONSUMER AFFAIRS
SHELLBRIDGE WAY
RICHMOND, SUITE 800
WINNIPEG, MANITOBA.
P.O.BOX 7774 PIGNR ROAD 8
ACCRA-GHANA
APRIL. 6, 2005


WINNING NOTIFICATION

THIS AGENCY WISH TO INFORM YOU OF THE DEPARTMENT NATIONAL LOTTERIES AGENCY
PROGRAMMES HELD IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE YEAR 2005 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. 12/88/3/39/66/PG 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:fredansahmr@mail2agent.com or dnla05lottery@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

DEPARTMENT NATIONAL LOTTERIES AGENCY ZONAL CORDINATOR


N.B; ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALTY ON THE PART OF WINNERS WILL RESULT TO
DISQUALIFICATION. PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS MAIL.
CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT IMMEDIATELY.




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