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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: "Suzane Lang" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <world.expo.lotto@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 00:55:02 +0800
Subject: World Expo Lotto

2010 World Expo Lottery
Customer Service Department .
28 Tanfield Road Tiaxiu lio Shanghai China

PRIZE AWARD NOTIFICATION

Dear Lucky Winner,

We are pleased to inform you of the announcement made today, You are among the winners of the 2010 SHANGHAI WORLD EXPO INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION PROGRAM Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 2,500,000 email addresses of individuals and companies from all part of the world as part of our electronic business Promotions Program.

As a result of your visiting various websites we are running the E-business promotions for. You/Your Company email address, attached to ticket number 719-226-1319, with serial number 902-66 drew the lucky numbers 05,12,30,11,17,43 and Bonus number 10 , Your INSURANCE Number: FLS433/453L /GMSA and consequently you won in the Second Category of the 2010 SHANGHAI WORLD EXPO LOTTO DRAW.

You have therefore been approved the payment of the sum ofUS$750,000,00 in cash, this is from the total prize money of US$12,650,000.00 shared among the international winners in the Second category.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Please be informed that your won fund of the sum ofUS$750,000,00 is now with the payee center. Contact our agent and give them your full names so that they will re-insure your winning fund under your full names.


To begin your claim, contact our foreign services manager send email immediately to:-

Mr.John Lee
Tran globe Finance Securities
Email..world.expo.lotto@gmail.com


1. Full name:...........................
2. Address .............................
3. Telephone.............................
4. Fax.................................
5. Occupation.........................
6. Age:.................................
7. Sex.................................
8. Nationality...........................
9. Country of residence..................
10. Email Address.....................

Send above information in your correspondences with your claims agent / online consultant. Congratulations once again from all our staffs and thank you for being part of our promotions program.

Sincerely ,
Mrs. Suzane Lang,
Online Coordinator.

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 program by non-selected winner or unofficial personnel.

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