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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: "Connecticut Award Corporation Corporation"
<ct_lottery@connecticut-award-coporation.net>
Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2005 17:57:47 +0000
Subject: Connecticut Lottery Corporation

Customer Service
Connecticut Lottery Corporation
34 Creek Road Victoria Island Lagos Nigerua
LAGOS NIGERIA, CT 06051
 
Lucky Winner,
 
We are pleased to inform you that you are one of the selected  winners of the Connecticut Lottery Award Co-operation Promos held on the 5th of September  2005. Your
email address attached to your ticket number 9901-0148-790-691, with serial number  6109-17 drew the lucky  numbers 990-11-815-37-10-83; the lottery was categorized into four zonal (Africa, America, Europe and Asia) stages.Consequently you have won the lottery in the 2nd category.
 
You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of Three Million Five Hundred USD dollars ($3.5 MIILION USD)Credited to file REF NO: MELI-T/17-F044262312 Batch No. 13/FFP/LDL/037.
 
All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 25,000 names from the Middle East, Asia, Africa, Canada, Europe,USA and North America.  All participants in this Lottery Program have been selected randomly through a computer Ballot System drawn from over 200,000 Companies and 30,000,000 individual emails address from all search engines and web sites. This promotional program will take place every  year until the games begin in Beijing China in 2008. However, winners are  only eligible for claims once.
 
Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this award strictly from public notice until your claim has been processed and  your money remitted to your account. This is part of our security protocol  to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants
of  this program.
 
ELIGIBILITY:
This promotion is offered only electronically via the Internet and is open to all persons from age 18 years and above with a valid email address  and who live in any of the aforementioned countries. This promotion is void in all other countries and is also void where prohibited.
Principals and employees of the Camelot Lottery Promos and its respective  Parents, subsidiaries and their immediate families are not eligible.
 
CLAIMS PROCEDURES:
It is our standard practice to allocate accredited agents for the processing of claims application. It is even more imperative for overseas winners. To begin your claims therefore, you are advised as a matter of  urgency, to contact the under listed licensed and accredited claims agent for the processing of your prize awards winning. Please contact the  clearing house (through your claims agent only) the  body assigned with the  verification of all emergent winner. Therefore  all protocols laid down by them must be followed to facilitate your claims;
 
CONTACT AGENCY:
MR WHALE SMITH,CONNECTICUT AWARD LOTTERY COOPERATION
MR WHALE SMITH.
Email:ctlottery22@yahoo.co.uk
Tel:011-234-1-477-1613

NO 45 ABAYOMI CREASENT IKEJA LAGOS NIGERIA
You are to provide the claim agent with the under listed  information
as soon as possible:
1. NAME IN FULL:................................
2. ADDRESS:.....................................
3. NATIONALITY:.................................
4. AGE:.........................................
5. Sex..........................................
6. OCCUPATION:..................................
7. MARITAL STATUS:..............................
8. PHONE.......................................
9. FAX:........................................

IMPORTANT NOTICE:
(a) Note that there exists a periodic condition on all claims process,failing which would lead to disqualification and winnings Forfeiture.Winners are therefore advised to expedite their claims process.
 
(b) Being one of the lucky winners, you constitute entrant's full and unconditional agreement to and acceptance of our terms and conditions of claims to avoid any discrepancy in the cause of payment of your prize
awards winning.
 
(c) To avoid double claims, you are advised to keep your winning details very confidential, as any discrepancies resulting from a breach of this confidentiality on the part of the winners will be covered solely by  such winner as our staffs are bound by the oath of secrecy
taken on employment.
 
Congratulations again from all our staffs and thank you for being part of our Promotions program.
Sincerely,
 
MR WHALE SMITH.
Co-coordinator.
NB: PLEASE SEE THAT YOU QUOTE YOUR REF AND BATCH NUMBERS IN YOUR
CORRESPONDENCE TO YOUR CLAIMS
AGENT.
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The Camelot Lottery Promos Awards is proudly sponsored by the Microsoft Corporation, the Intel Group, Toshiba, Dell computers, Mckintosh and a conglomeration of other international IT companies. The Connecticut Lotterey Award Co-operation
internet draw in each quarter of the year and is so organized to
encourage the use of the internet and computers worldwide. We are proud
to say that up to Three Million Euros are won annually in more than 150
Countries worldwide.
 
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