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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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Please note about this email:

Fraud email example:

From: "roland gregory" <rolandgregory@britishgamesonline.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 11:52:39 +0000
Subject: ONLINE SWEEP LOTTERY NOTIFICATION OF WINNING

ONLINE SWEEP LOTTERY
12 Bridge Street,
Staines Middlesex TW18 4TP
United Kingdom.
 
 
Ref: LSUK/2231/81/04
Batch: OBW/A10-234

Dear Winner,
 
WORLDWIDE ONLINE-SWEEP WINNING NOTIFICATION
 
 
Greetings to you, we happily announce to you the draw of the ONLINE
SWEEPSTAKE LotteryInternational programs held on the 10th of JANUARY, 2005
in UNITED KINGDOM.
    Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial
number 5368/02 , the lucky numbers:19-6-26-17-35-7, which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd draw category.
   You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of US$2,500,000.00 (Two million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) in cash credited to file ktu/9023118308/03.This is from a total cash prize of US $ 25 Million dollars,shared amongst the first Ten (10) lucky winners in this category.All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 companies. This promotion takes place annually.
Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet
representative office in Europe as indicated in this notification. In view of
this, your US$2,500,000.00 (Two million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) would be released to you by our paymentoffice in Europe.
     Our European agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him.
For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize.
    This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements. Please be warned.
To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent:
MR.BOBBY HOSTER
Email: bobby_hoster@mail2agent.com
Fax:+448-701-314-568
Provide him with the information below:
1.Name:
2.Sex:
3.Nationality:
4.telephone Number:
5.Fax Number(email address incuded when sending fax):
To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your reference/batch numbers to any correspondences with us or our designated agent.Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this program. Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.
 
Sincerely,
SIR ROLAND GREGORY.
ONLINESWEEP LOTTERY CO-ORDINATOR

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