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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: UNILEVER PLC PROMO <unileverpromoawarduk@europe.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2010 05:01:52 +0000 (GMT+00:00)
Subject: END OF THE YEAR 2010 UNILEVER PROMO AWARD

UNILEVER PLC PROMO


Dear: Beneficiary,



Ref: XYL /26510460037/05

This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of Four Hundred and
fifty Thousand Great Britain Pounds(450,000.00 GB Pounds) for the 2010
International E-mail Draw which is Organized by Unilever Company (Unilever
Ltd).

Unilever collects all the email addresses of the people that are active
online, among the millions that subscribed to Yahoo, Aol,
Walla,rediffmail, Gmail, Russian Mail and Hotmail and few from other
e-mail providers. Six people are selected yearly to benefit from this
promotion and you are one of the Selected Winners....

PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM
Winners shall be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement
Center.UnileverAward must be claimed not later than 15 days from date of
Draw Notification. Any Prize not claimed within this period will be
forfeited.

Stated below is your identification number:
REFERENCE NUMBER: [UNILEVER 2010111]

This numbers fall within the England Location file, you are requested to
contact our fiduciary agent in London [Dr. Andy] with the details below
and send your winning identification numbers to him;

1. Full Name:
2.Address:
3.Sex.
4. Age.
5. Marital Status:
6.Occupation:
7.E-Mail Address:
8.Telephone Number:
9.Amount Won:
10.State:
11.Country:
12.Next Of Kin:
13.Zip Code:.
14. Nationality:
15. Your Reference and Batch Number:
E-Mail: unileverpromoawarduk@europe.com
Phone: +447017606103

He shall immediately commence the process that will facilitate the release
of your fund to you.
Congratulations!! once again.


Yours in service,
Dr. (Mrs.) CLera peters
[Publicity Secretary]

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