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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: "GUINNESS STOUT NEW YEAR GREAT" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <agent_guinnes441@yahoo.it>
Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2010 23:58:52 +0530
Subject: Congratulation you have won


GUINNESS
GUINNESS HOUSE
22 Garden close stamford
lince PE92YP, London
United Kingdom
Ref NUMBER:UK/9420X2/68
Batch NUMBER:074 /05/ZY369
Email:agent_guinnes441@yahoo.it

GUINNESS STOUT NEW YEAR GREAT
INTERNET AWARENESS PROMOTIONS 2010.

Attention.

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded 2010 NEW Year draws held on the 09nd of FEBRUARY 2010 by GUINNESS EXTRA STOUT Worldwide Internet Awareness Promotion, your email was among the 60 lucky winners who won GBP (FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND Great British Pounds) £400,000.00 Each On The GUINNESS COMPANY.

However, the results were released And your email was attached to ticket number (UK/9420X2/68) and BATCH NUMBER (BN:074/05/ZY368).The online draws was conducted by a random selection of email addresses from an exclusive list of 250,031 E-mail addresses of individuals and corporate bodies, picked by an advanced automated random computer search from the internet. However, no tickets were sold but all email addresses were assigned to different ticket numbers for representation and privacy.

In other to claim your GBP £400,000.00 winning prize, which have been deposited in a designated Finance Security Company here in United Kingdom. However, you will have to fill the form below and send it to the Promotion manager of Guinness Worldwide Internet Awareness Lottery Company for verification and then you will be directed on how you can claim your winning prize as it has already been deposited in your favour.

NAMES:
AGE:
SEX:
MARITAL STATUS:
HOME ADDRESS:
COUNTRY:
MOBILE PHONE:
OCCUPATION:

Completely fill the form above and send it immediately to our promotion manager through email for prompt collection of your fund using the contact details below:

CONTACT
Mr. MARTINS FRANCIS
MOBILE PHONE: +447031821006
OFFICE PHONE: +447010995765
Email:agent_guinnes441@yahoo.it



Yours faithfully,
Mr. MARTINS FRANCIS
(Secretary)




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