The e-mail here is just one type of the thousands of scam e-mail variants sent out each day by 419 scammers. If you've received an e-mail even remotely similar to the one on this page or if you have arrived at this page via an internet search resulting from an e-mail that you received, I can 100% guarantee that YOU HAVE RECEIVED A SCAM E-MAIL!

This is an internet scam! Do NOT send these scammers money for any reason. [ BEGIN SCAM E-MAIL ]   From:     promoluckies@luckymail.com Subject:     AWARD NOTIFICATION!!! Date:     Sun, 14 Sep 2008 08:15:29 -0400  FROM:THE DESK OF THE VICE PRESIDENT INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARDS DEPARTMENT AUSTRALIAN INTERNATIONAL SWEEPS TAKE LOTTERY COP ORATION. Date:  14/09/2008 Ref:     575061725 Batch:  8056490902/188   Winning Numbers 1 2 26 30 40 21                     AWARD NOTIFICATION: FINAL NOTICE  Attn: Winner 06',     We are pleased to inform you of the lottery result winners of Australian International Lottery Program mes held on the 14th of September from the Australian International Lottery program me. Which is fully based on an electronic selection of winners using their e-mail addresses.     Your email was attached to ticket number; 675061725 9356460902 Serial Number 67749137002. This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows 2-9-23-35-46 bonus number 14, which consequently won the lottery in the second category. You are here by having been approved a lump sum pay of US$400,000.00 (FOUR HUNDRED  THOUSAND DOLLARS) in cash credit file ref: ILP/HW 46704/03 from the total cash prize shared amongst eight lucky winners in this category. Due to mix up of some numbers and names, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential until your claims has been processed and your money remitted to your nominated bank. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claims and unwarranted abuse of this pro gramme by some participants. All participants where selected through a computer/mail balloting system drawn from Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses from Canada, Australia, United States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our international promotions program which is conducted annually. This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of some multinational companies and also the Australian Government as part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the communities where they have operational base. Further more your details (e-mail address) falls within our European representative office in Amsterdam, Holland, as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of US$400,000.00 will be released to you from our regional branch office in Nigeria. We hope with part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year high stakes for US$2.3 Million international draw. To file for your claim. Please quote your Date of draw, Reference Number, Batch Number and Winning Number, which can be found on the top-left corner of this message. Also, you should give in your 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 has been released to you and also to the public. 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 before a month from date of publication; otherwise all funds will be forfeited. Congratulations once again on your winning! REGARDS GOODWILL BUMBLEBURG MARTINS (MR) (LOTTERY COORDINATOR) APPROVED PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL ADDRESS. CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT AT: edwardsamuel_ego@yahoo.com   [ END SCAM E-MAIL ]

It's important to note that any real people or legitimate organizations mentioned in these scam e-mails have absolutely no connection with this scam! The scammers never use their real names. They frequently take on the identity of real people to help them convince you that they are genuine. Whatever these scammers tell you, DON'T believe a word of it!!!

This is just a small sampling of the many hundreds of advance fee fraud e-mails received each day here at 419 BAITER headquarters.

There are many different types of 419 scam (examples) but they all promise you something (fortune, job with salary/commision, low-interest loan, lottery prize, cheap gold dust/diamonds, work visa, etc.) in return for a small 'fee' or some kind of remittance. Of course, there is no fortune, no job, no loan, no prize to be had. It's just a ploy to get you to willingly send them money.

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