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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: camelotawards@tiscali.co.uk
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 06:12:05 -0700
Subject: OFFICIAL PRIZE WINNER

CAMELOT LOTTERY PROMOS,
406 BURY NEW ROAD
WHITEFIELD,
MANCHESTER M45 7SX
U.K.

FROM: THE DESK OF THE DIRECTOR PROMOTIONS,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
REF NO: MELI-T/17-F044262312

Dear Winner,

We are pleased to announce to you as one of the 6 lucky winners in the CAMELOT
LOTTERY PROMOTIONS held on 14TH of September, 2005. All 6 winning addresses
were randomly selected from a batch of 40,000 international emails. Your
email address emerged alongside 5 others as a 3rd category winner in this
month's draw.
Consequently, you have therefore been approved for a total pay out of £300,000
Pounds (Three Hundred Thousand pounds) only. The following particulars are
attached to your lottery payment order:
(i) Winning numbers: 990-11-815-37-10-83
(ii) Email ticket number: 901-0148-790-691
(iii) Lotto Batch No. 13/FFP/LDL/037
(IV) File REF NO: MELI-T/17-F044262312

Please contact the under listed claims officer as soon as possible for immediate
release of your winnings:
CONTACT AGENCY:
MR. LARRY BISHOP AND ASSOCIATE LTD U.K,
20, Lausanne Road London,
SW2 3JB ENGLAND.U.K

Email:prizeagent@camelotukpromo.com
larrybishop@email2me.net

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

Sincerely,
Mrs.Tina Forrester.
LOTTERY COORDINATOR,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS.
PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT, UK.

N.B:
1.All claims are nullified after 20 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. Please do not reply to this email. Contact your claims agent.
____________________________________________________________
The INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT, UK, is proudly sponsored
by financial Corps, the Euro American group and a conglomeration of other
international IT companies 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 around the globe.





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