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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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Fraud email example:

From: lotteries.games@tiscali.co.uk
Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 21:14:35 +0200
Subject: AWARD NOTICE!

THE ROYAL GAMES LOTTERY
UK HEAD OFFICE
10 Cabot Square
London H146QR, ENGLAND.
UK.

Dear Winner,
We are please to announce you as one of the 3 lucky winners in the ROYAL
GAMES LOTTERY draw held on 16TH of April 2005. All 3 winning addresses were
randomly selected from a batch of 5,000,000 international emails. Your email
address emerged alongside 2 others as a 3rd category winner in this month's
draw. Consequently, you have therefore been approved for a total pay out
of £2,000,000 Pounds (Two million pounds) only.
The following particulars are attached to your lotto payment order:

(i) Winning n umbers: 05, 11, 29, 28, 44, 52
(ii) Email ticket number: 273-1-3221
(iii) Lotto batch number: RG-916
(iv) File Ref. number: BT-512-09

Please contact the underlisted claims officer as soon as possible for
the immediate release of your winnings:

Mr.Steve Henman
Claims Department Manager
BOND TRUST LIMITED.
Email: lotteryclaims@bond-trust.net
Fax: +44 7005804427


Once again on behalf of all our staff,
CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Sincerely,

Martin Gardner
Promotions Manager
Tel: +44 7040118013
Fax: +44 7005805159

N.B:
1.All claims are nullified after 10 working days from
today.
2.Your Ref number must be in all your mails with the
claims officer.
3.Do inform the claims officer of any change of names
or addresses.
4.All winne rs under the age of 18 are automatically
dis-qualified.
5.Please do not reply to this email. Contact your
claims agent.
_______________________________________________________________________

The Royal Games Lottery Awards is proudly sponsored by
financialCorp's,the royal group and a conglomeration
of other international IT companies. ROYAL GAMES
internet draw is held monthly, and is organized to
encourage the use of the internet and computers
worldwide. We are proud to say that over 200 Million
Pounds are won annually in more than 150 countries


___________________________________________________________

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