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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: "SWISS LOTTO ORGANISATION" <cynthia_coordinator_swiss5@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 07 Oct 2006 11:34:44 +0100
Subject: SWISS LOTTO ANNIVERSARY WINNER

 
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SWISS LOTTO  
BUNDERSTRASSE 33
3324 BERN ECK,
SWITZERLAND
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Dear Swiss Lottery Winner,
 
You have just won 4,000,000 Euro (FOUR MILLION EURO) in an internet lottery in which e-mail address was picked randomly by software powered by the Internet through the worldwide website. Your email address was amongst those chosen this SECOND QUARTER of the year. This promo is proudly sponsored by the Swiss lottery organization. Your email address, attached to JOKER: 192248, with EXTRA JOKER: 992994 drew the WINNING NUMBER 14 16-17-32-36-37+29, and consequently won the lottery in the "B" Category.
 
You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of 6,162,474.1556 CHF which is equivalent to 4,000,000 Euro (FOUR MILLION EURO) .Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European Booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon.
 
The Draws for Date 2ND of OCTOBER 2006 are out and Today the 7TH of OCTOBER 2006 your email address is among the lucky winnings and are to be collected by you before or on the 31TH of OCTOBER 2006.In View of this, your 4,000,000.00 Euro (FOUR MILLION EURO) will be released to you by our security firm in Europe. Our European agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact them. All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site through computer draw System and extracted from over 300,000 companies and individual email addresses. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to Claim your prize. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements.
 
To file for your claim, please contact our trusted agent:
Name:   RICHARD FORBES
Email:   richardforbes_agent6@yahoo.com 
Tel   :    +447024077216, +447023058996
  
To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your
Joker number and extra joker numbers with your phone numbers in any correspondences with us or our designated agent. Congratulations once more from all members and staff of this program. Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.
 
Sincerely,                                                                               
Cynthia Thomas {coordinator SWISS NATIONAL LOTTERY}  

YOU ARE TO SEND THE FOLLOWING FOR DOCUMENTATION OF CERTIFICATE TO THE CLAIMS AGENT.
FULL NAME
ADDRESS
TELEPHONE NUMBER
FAX NUMBER
OCCUPATION
NATIONALITY
COUNTRY
DATE OF BIRTH
JOKER NUMBER
EXTRA JOKER NUMBER
COUNTRY
EXPIRATION DATE OF COLLECTING YOUR FUNDS


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