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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: swisswinner.slw2005@tiscali.co.uk
Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 09:05:21 +0200
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION

SWISS LOTTO
GESELLSCHAFT SCHWEIZER ZAHLENLOTTO
POSTFACH
4002 BASEL
REF NUMBER: CSL/74/368/04
BATCH NUMBER: CS-121-LT-8-12-04
Email: swissslotto@katamail.com

DEAR SIR/MADAM,
We are pleased to inform you, THAT AS A RESULT OF OUR RECENT Lottery DRAWS
HELD on the 11TH of July, 2005. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number63538953216-435
with serial number 172-488 drew lucky numbers 1 - 8 - 13 - 15 - 20 - 22 +
45 which consequently won in the 2nd category.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of 4,000,000 (DOLLARS)
(four MILLION
DOLLARS) note that All participants in this lottery program have been selected
randomly through a computer ballot system drawn from over 20,000 companies
and 30,000,000 individual email addresses from all search engines and web
sites. This promotional program takes place every year, and is promoted and
sponsored by eminent personalities like the Sultan of Brunei, Michael Dell
of Dell Computers and other corporate organizations. this is to encourage
the use of the Internet and computers worldwide.

For security purpose and clarity, we advise that you keep your winning information
confidential until your claims have been processed and your money remitted
to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claims and
unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants.We look forward to
your active participation in our next year USD 75 million slot.
You are requested to contact our clearance officer below to assist you with
your winnings and subsequent payments. all winnings must be claimed not later
than one month After the date of this notice.

Please note, 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 agent as soon as possible.

Congratulations once more and thank you for being part of our promotional
program.

NOTE: YOU ARE AUTOMATICALLY DISQUALIFIED IF YOU ARE BELOW 18 YEARS OF AGE.

Sincerely yours,
MRS. Rita Kelly
(LOTTERY COORDINATOR)

N.B Acknowledging the receipt of this mail with the
email: swissslotto@katamail.com



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