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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:

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From: lupu adrian <aditalupusorr@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 02:02:42 -0800 (PST)
Subject:





From:=20

"The National Lottery" <officeagent20@gmail.com>Add sender to Contacts=20



To:=20
undisclosed-recipients




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Date: 12/01/2009
Ref: 675146739
Batch: 6054490840/299
Winning no: QD8209/LDNRC
CONGRATULATIONS !

Dear Lucky winner,

We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on the 12th of January=
2009 from The National Lottery programme. Which is fully based on an elect=
ronic selection of winners using their e-mail addresses.
Your name was attached to ticket number; 723161004 820549634 serial number =
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0,which consequently won the lottery in the second category.
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he total cash prize shared amongst eight lucky winners in this category.

All participant were selected through a computer balloting system drawn fro=
m Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses from Canada, Australia, United Sta=
tes, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our internati=
onal promotions program which is conducted annually. This Lottery was promo=
ted and sponsored by a conglomorate of some multinational companies as part=
of their social responsibility to the citizens in the commmunities where t=
hey have operational base.

Furthermore, your details(e-mail address) falls within our Europian represe=
ntative office in United Kingdom, as indicated in your play coupon and your=
prize of GBP1,000,000.00 will be released to you from this regional branch=
office. We hope with part of your prize, you will participate in our New y=
ear high stakes for GBP1.3 Billion international draw.

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE: Simply contact our fiducial agent, James Williams =
at (jamewilliams@live.com) His phone number is +4470230885771,
To file for your claim . Please quote your Date of draw,reference, batch an=
d winning numbers which can be found on the top left corner of this and tel=
ephone number to help locate your file easily. For security reasons, we adv=
ice 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 ou=
r security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted taking advanta=
ge of this programme by non-participant or unofficial personnel. Note, all =
winnings MUST be claimed on or before 25th of January 2009; otherwise all f=
unds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually donated to charity.

Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!

Best Regards,
Mr Stom Hines.
(For Public Relations)

PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL. CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT AT : [jamewill=
iams@live.com] +4470230885771
ANYBREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF WINNERS WILL RESULT TO AUTOMATI=
C DISQUALIFICATION.=0A=0A=0A

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