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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: info lucky winner <pageus41@hotmail.co.uk>
Reply-To: <drkelvinbrodricks@yahoo.com.au>
Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 01:11:59 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!! YOUR EMAIL JUST WON A LOTTERY PRIZE.



Date: 31/01/2008Ref: 575061725Batch: 8056490902/188Winning no: GB8701/LPRC CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Dear Lucky Winner,
We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on the 30th
JAN 2008 from the Australia Lottery programme. Which is fully
based on an Electronic selection of winners using their e-mail
addresses for the New year lucky email bonanza draw. Your email
address was attached to ticket number; 47061725 07056490902
serial number 7741137002. This batch draws the lucky numbers as
follows 5-13-33-37-42 bonus number 17,which consequently won the
Monthly lottery in the second category.
You hereby have been approved a lump sum pay out of AU$950,000.00
(NINE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND AUSTRALLIAN DOLLARS) in cash
credit file ref: ILP/HW47509/07 from the total cash prize of
AU$95,500,000.00 shared amongst ten lucky winners in this
category. All participant were selected through a computer
balloting system drawn form Nine hundred thousand E-mail
addresses from Canada, Australia, United States, Asia, Europe,
UK, Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our international
promotions program which is conducted Monthly.
This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of some
multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to
the citizens in the communities where they have operational base. Further more your details (e-mail address) fall within our United
Kingdom representative office in London, as indicated in your
play coupon and your prize of AU$950,000.00 will be released to
you from this regional branch office in London-England. We hope with part of your prize, you will participate in our
Easter bonanza high stakes for AU$1.3 Billion international
bananza draw.
HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE?:Simply contact our fiducial agent In London, Dr. Kelvin Brodricks
at (drkelvinbrodricks@yahoo.com.au) Fax: + (44)-07005-976-564, to
file for your claim. Please quote your reference, batch and
winning number which can be found on the top left corner of this
notification as well as your full name and telephone number to
help locate your file easily.
For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this
information confidential from the public until your claim is
processed and your prize released to you. This is part of our
security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted taking
advantage of this programme by non-participant or unofficial
personnel.
Note: all winnings MUST be claimed by the 27th FEB 2008 otherwise
all funds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually donated to
charity. Congratulations on your winnings!!!
Once again, accept my hearty congratulations!!
Sincerely,
Mr. Isaac JohnstonAustralia (Lotto co-ordinate)
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