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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: ultimateagent222@handbag.com
Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 17:57:37 +0200
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION.

FROM:THE DESK OF THE GLOBAL WARE PROMOTIONAL NOTIFICATION:FINAL NOTICE
AMSTERDAM THE NETHERLANDS
Batch number:434501790-ANL/05
OUR REF:05/AMSTEL0030204/EU
YOURREF:EMAIL606/EU05

ATTN: LOTTERY WINNER,

NOTIFICATION: FINAL NOTICE

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Global Ware Lottery Programs
held on April, 25th 2005 your e-mail address was attached to one of the
Ten winning ticket numbers with game Number
27879518.You have Therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of ?150,000.00
(One Hundred and Fifty Thousand euro)

CONGRATULATIONS!!

All participants were selected through a computer ballot system from our
sponsor?s databases, including over 60,000 companies and 250,000 Individual
E-mail addresses and names submitted by our agents drawn from Asia, Africa,
Europe, North and South America, Oceania and around the world. To file for
your urgent claim, please contact our approved agent for your region.

MR VAN ANDY
ULTIMATE AGENT B.V Lottery Agency
Tel: +31-628-368-203
Email: ultimateagentbv@netscape.net

It is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and to minimize
identification difficulties to advise you to keep this information confidential
until your claim is processed successfully and to avoid unwarranted abuse
of this program by some participants to please note that you will be
Required to pay for the issuance of your winning certificate and all winnings
must be claimed not later than 9th May, 2005.After this date all unclaimed
Winnings will be null and void. In Order to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications remember to quote your reference number and batch numbers
In all correspondence. Furthermore, should there be any change of address
do inform our agents as soon as possible. Congratulations once more and thank
you for being part of our promotional program. Note: Anybody under the age
of 18 is automatically
disqualified.

Yours faithfully,
Edwin Westerhof












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