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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: elizabeth walter <elizabethwalter_79@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <markforrester_1@excite.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2007 12:58:47 -0400
Subject: PRIZE AND AWARD NOTIFICATION



CHARITIES LOTTERY PROMOTIONSHeadquarter,Regional Centre Charities Lottery, Furness Gate, Furness Business Park,Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria. LA14 2PEUnited KingdomREF NO: CLP/ 24-FB-426253 BATCH: 42/450002/CLP
PRIZE AND AWARD NOTIFICATION


We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today of winners of the MEGA JACKPOT LOTTO WINNINGS PROGRAMS held on Monday 10th September, 2007. Your company or your personal e-mail address, is attached to Ticket Number 644-701-836-872, with serial number 64483-72 drew the lucky Winning Numbers 06-14-17-28-30-41, and consequently won the lottery in the 2nd category.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of £420,000.00 Pounds in cash credited to file REF NO: CLP/ 24-FB-426253 . This is from total prize money of £10,500,000.00 Pounds shared among the Twenty five (25) international winners in this category.
To claim your winning prize, you must first contact the claims department by email or phone for processing and remittance of your prize money to you. The claims officer contact email is:

Prize Processing OfficerMr. Mark ForresterCHARITIES LOTTERY PROMOTIONSUnited Kingdom Email:markforresterm5@excite.com markforresterm20@excite.com Tel:+44 70457 11680 NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in all correspondences with this office. Furthermore, should there be any change of your address, do inform us as soon as possible.
Congratulations again from all our staff for being part of our promotions program.

Sincerely, Elizabeth Walter (Mrs.)Charities Lottery Co-ordinator.
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