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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: "tata" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <tataclaimsdepartmentt@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:51:24 -0800
Subject: TATA OINTERNATIONALNLINE EMAIL PROMOTION!


TATA OINTERNATIONALNLINE EMAIL PROMOTION!

FROM MULTI PURPOSE PRODUCTION AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY UK LONDON.TATA GROUP INTERNATIONAL AWARENESS PROMOTION MAKERS OF TATASKY.
REGIONAL HEAD OFFICE. TATA COMMUNICATIONS: TATA INTERACTIVE SERVICES;
Tata Limited
Anwar ST., head
18, Grosvenor Place
London SW1X 7HSc
Tel: +448719150787
Tel: +447014231870
Email: tataclaimsdepartmentt@hotmail.com

Premium Selection
Tata is one of the worlds most dynamic and trusted business conglomerates, Tata has more than a century of experience in the UK, and a growing presence in several business sectors.
In 2007, Tata Sons’ UK subsidiary, Tata Limited, celebrated its centenary year. Tata marked this anniversary by winning the auction to acquire Corus — the erstwhile British Steel — one of Europe’s largest steel makers. That has once again made the UK Tata leading international market.
The Corus deal was the largest-ever Indian acquisition of a foreign firm. It has catapulted Tata Steel from its earlier rank of 56 to the world’s sixth-largest steel producer and has secured the company a capacity of 19 million tunes in established markets. Tata Steel now has the lowest-cost distinction in two major continents, Europe and Asia.

Tata continued its internationalization journey in 2008, with Tata Motors acquiring the UK-based Jaguar and Land Rover for $2.3 billion from Ford Motors. The deal has added fuel to Tata Motor’s global aspirations while enhancing its international footprint with two premium brands.

The Board of Directors, members of staff and the International Tata capital group Awareness Promotion Department of the Tata Sons Automobile Company, wishes to congratulate you on your success as one of our TEN (10) STAR PRIZE WINNER in these years '2010-2011 Tata Automobile International Awareness Promotion (TAP).

This marks you a proud winner of ?750,000.00 GBP(Seven Hundred And Fifty Thousand Great British Pounds).

The selection Process was carried out through random selection in our Computerized
Email Selection System (C.E.S.S.) from a database of over a million emails
Addresses from our costumers, users of our products and their country world wide web. Each email address was attached to a ticket number and your email address with Ticket Number: 005206701114
And Serial Number: TMWP/223002219911 was randomly selected as the star
Prize winner amongst other consolation prize.

For your claim, kindly fill the verification form below
and send it to the Claims Manager, ENGR. PASTOR VINCENT our claims department Through Email tataclaimsdepartment.i@hotmail.co.uk
Stating your receipt of this notification. He has been mandated to offer you assistance and facilitate the urgent delivery of your fund and to avoid fraudulent claimers.

Engr. Pastor Vincent
Promotion Manager
Tata Claims Department,
THE TATA STEEL AUTOMOBILE COMPANY, LONDON
Email: tataclaimsdepartment.1@hotmail.co.uk
CONTACT NUMBER Tel: +448719150787

PLEASE CHOOSE ONE PAYMENT OPTION!
PLEASE COMPLETE THE BELOW APPLICATION FORM FOR FUND RELEASE AND SEND IT BACK FOR APPROVAL
FOR OPTION 1. (IF YOU LIKE INTERNATIONAL BANK DRAFT) PROVIDE YOUR FULL DETAILS:-
FULL NAME:..............
ADDRESS:...............
AGE:...................
SEX:....................
NATIONALITY:............
HOME TELEPHONE #:........
MOBILE TELEPHONE #:......
E-MAIL ADDRESS:..........
MARITAL STATUS:..........
OCCUPATION:..............
PROVINCE STATE:..........
POST CODE:...............

COUNTRY……………………..
Ticket Number:…………………
Serial Number:…………………..
FOR OPTION 2. (IF YOU LIKE BANK TRANSFERS SYSTEM OF PAYMENT) PROVIDE YOUR FULL DETAILS:-

Beneficiary Name:..................
Age……………………………………………………………….
Sex…………………………………………………………………….
Occupation………………………………………………………
Address :..............................
Mobile No’...........................
City:...................State:…………………...
Post code:…………………………Country................
BANK INFORMATION:
Bank Full Name :........................................
Bank Address :.............................................
Branch :....................City :.........................State :........................
Account Number :..........................Account Name :.........................Account Type….
16) Scan copy of identity proof……………………compulsory

Congratulations once more, and keep trusting
Tata Automobile for top
Quality automobile

ELDER.ENGR, BENNY RAJAT
DIRECTOR OF PROMOTIONS,
INTERNATIONAL AWARENESS PROMOTIONS, (TATA GROUP)
TATA AUTOMOBILE
UNITED KINGDOM, INDIA, MALAYSIA, IRAN AND JAPAN®
THE TATA INTERNATIONAL AWARENESS PROMOTION!

Copyright© 2011 Tata Motors Limited all rights reserved.

WARNING! WARNING WARNING!!!
Do not tell people about your Prize Award until your money is successfully handed over to you to avoid disqualification that may arise from double claim. You may also receive similar e-mails from people portraying to be other Organizations or Tata Auto Company. This is solely to collect your personal information from you and lay claim over your winning. In event that you receive any e-mail similar to the notification letter that was sent to you, kindly delete it from your mail box and give no further correspondence to such person or body.

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