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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: dutcunion@handbag.com
Reply-To: dutchunioninter@netscape.net
Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 15:55:19 +0200
Subject: DUTCH UNION INTERNATIONAL

DUTCH UNION INTERNATIONAL
FROM MR. STEVE BROWN.
(LOTTERY COORDINATOR)

Dear Sir/Madam,


We are pleased to inform you that as a result of our
recent lottery draws held on the 12 th of July 2005. Your
e-mail address attached to ticket number 27522465896-532
with serial number 652-662 drew lucky numbers
7-14-18-23-31-45,which consequently won in the 2nd
category. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum
pay out of 1,000,000 (Euros)(One Million Euros only) 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 websites.

This promotional program takes place every year, and is
promoted and sponsored by eminent personalities like the
Sultan of Brunei,Bill Gates of Microsoft Inc 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 USD50 million slot.

You are requested to contact our Lottery coordinator 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,

MR. STEVE BROWN.
LOTTERY COORDINATOR)
EMMAL; dutchunioninter@netscape.net



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Book yourself something to look forward to in 2005.
Cheap flights - http://www.tiscali.co.uk/travel/flights/
Bargain holidays - http://www.tiscali.co.uk/travel/holidays/



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