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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs Jennifer Dave" <award_department@msn.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 11:31:53 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!!WINNING NOTIFICATION/FINALNOTICE.

LUCKY DAY LOTTERY.
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION PROGRAM.
PALEISSTRAAT 9, 2514 DEN HAAG,NETHERLANDS.


FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
REF #: LDL /2551256003/22
BATCH #: 14/0017/IPD


www.luckyday.nl.


ATTENTION:Lucky Winner,


WINNING NOTIFICATION/FINAL NOTICE:


We are pleased to inform you of the announcement Today 20TH OCTOBER 2005
that you are one of the winners of the LUCKY DAY LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL
PROGRAMS held on 16TH OF OCTOBER 2005.Your email,attached to ticket number
025-1146-1992-750,with serial number 2113-22 drew the lucky numbers
13-15-22-37-39-43;the lottery was categorized into Five
Zonal(Africa,America,Europe,Middle East and Asia)stages with the amount won
by each individual respectively and consequently you have won the lottery
in the 1st category.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of
1,000000:00Euro[One Million Euros]Credited to file REF
NO.LDL/2551256003/22.This is from total prize of 17,000000.00
(Seventeen Million Euros)Euro in 1st category shared among the
seventeen international winners in this category.All participants were
selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 15 million email
addresses from across the globe as part of International Promotions
Program,which will now be conducted annually.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

You are required keep this award to yourself until your claim has been
processed and your money remitted to you.

This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or
unscrupulous acts by participants of this program.

Through computer balloting you were been zoned for your funds to be released
in our Europe office which is in United Kingdom.

To begin the claims processing of your prize winnings you are advised to
contact our licensed and accredited claims agent VIA EMAIL with this
informations below:

NAME OF FIDUCIARY AGENT:MR ALAN COCKBURN BROWN
EMAIL ADDRESS:alancbrown147@gmail.com
TEL #:+44-703-194-7940
TEL #:+44-703-194-7939
FAX #:+44-870-130-1829

For due processing and remittance of your prize.
Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later than two weeks after the
day of notification. After this date, all funds will be returned as
unclaimed.

NOTE:

In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to
quote your reference and batch numbers in every one of your correspondences
with your agent.

Furthermore, should there be any change of your address, do inform your
claims agent as soon as possible.

Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for being part of
our promotions program.

Yours Sincerely,
Mrs Jennifer Dave.
Online Co-Ordinator for LUCKY DAY NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program.


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