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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: "Agency Contacts" <info@agencycontacts.org>
Reply-To: debbiebanks_09@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 02:30:00 +0000
Subject: ATTENTION! ATTENTION!! ATTENTION!!!

The National Lottery
PO Box 1010
Liverpool
L70 1NL



FROM: THE DESK OF THE MANAGING DIRECTOR

INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRICE AWARD DEPARTMENT.

REF Nº: EGS/2251256003/02

BATCH Nº:14/0017/1PD

RE: AWARD NOTIFICATION/ FINAL NOTICE

National U.K Lottery wishes to inform you the results of the E-mail address
ballot lottery international program by Great Britain Your email account
have been picked as a winner of SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS ONLY.

This results is now released your email address attached in the A Category
bonus ball to check your results on-line click on this link
http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/p/results/results.do
participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
Microsoft users from company and individual email addresses users.

Be advice to keep your winning information confidential until your claims
has been processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our
security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this
program,For the release of your winning.

All winning must be claimed not later than One Week of Acknowledgment. After
this date all unclaimed funds will be returned to European Union Treasury as
Unclaimed. Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications please remember to quote your reference number in all
correspondence.

You are therefore advised to give the following information's to your claims
agent listed bellow,

Mrs.Debbie Banks
Programs & Events Department.

E-mail:debbiebanks_09@yahoo.co.uk

Congratulations from the staff and thank you for being part of email
account
users program.

Yours Sincerely,
Mrs. Julie Van Hans,


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