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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: LA LOTERIE Romande <LR@llr.ch>
Reply-To: mcgrant45@googlemail.com
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 09:26:23 -0200
Subject: Lotto Win Notification.



-- LA LOTERIE Romande, Rue Marterey 13, 1002 Lausanne, Switzerland.
Your Reference number: LR/51-CH/4103, & Batch: LR/09/17. LA LOTERIE
Romande PROMO WIN NOTICE This letter is to officially inform you that
your email identity has won EU 2,500,000 (Two Million Five Hundred
Euro) after our final year email draws of LA LOTERIE Romande conducted
last week. Your email identity was attached to serial number : 09-7391
and drew the winning numbers; 9-31-17-23-12-39. No tickets were sold.
For more information and release details you are to contact your
assigned release manager, Mr.William Hartwells via his contact address
below; Mr. Williams Hartwell, The Foreign Services Manager,
Information and Payment Bureau. London Representative Office. Phone: +
44 702 401 4724 Fax: + 44 870 490 8014 Email :
WILLIAMSHARTWELL03@MAIL.MN To avoid unnecessary delays and
complications, please endeavor to quote your reference and batch
numbers as above in every correspondence with your agent. NOTE:
Please
note that you have given three weeks from the date of notificationto
claim your prize from the Lottery Payout Committee. Furthermore you
are seriously advised to keep all winning lottery numbers from the
public in line with our company security protocol to avoid double
claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by unscrupulous
individuals. Once again,congratulations on behalf of all staffs of LA
LOTERIE Romande. Yours truely, Mrs. Jane Frank, Managing Director, LA
LOTERIE Romande (HQ). Switzerland.

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