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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: "5MS Global Trading Company" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <nevilleuphill@live.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2012 15:16:41 -0700
Subject: claim your £750,000.00 (Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand Pounds Sterlings) prize winning.

THE 5MS NATIONAL LOTTERY
PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD
DEPT 5MSAVENUE
STAMFORD BRIDGE LONDON
SW1V 3DW UNITED KINGDOM
www.trackdown.org
5ms Taking Your Business Worldwide
 
THE NATIONAL LOTTERY AFFILIATE TO THE 5MS COMPANY OFFICIAL PRIZE NOTIFICATION
 
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual final draws held on ( Tuesday, 19th June, 2012 ) by the 5MS Company in conjunction with the British American Tobacco Worldwide Promotion, your email was among the 20 Lucky winners who won £750,000.00 (Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand Pounds Sterlings) each on the THE 5MS COMPANY PROMOTION However the results were released on ( Tuesday, 26th June, 2012 ) and your email was attached to Ticket Number: (56475600545188) and Serial Numbers: (5368/02)
 
The online draws was conducted by a random selection of email addresses from an exclusive list of 29,031 E-mail addresses of individuals and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search from the internet.
 
However, no tickets were sold but all email addresses were assigned to different ticket numbers for representation and privacy. The selection process was carried out through random selection in our computerized email selection machine (TOPAZ) from a database of over 1,000,000 email addresses drawn from all the continents of the world.
 
This Lottery is approved by the British Gaming Board and also Licensed by the The International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR). This lottery is the 3rd of its kind and we intend to
sensitize the public.
 
In other to claim your £750,000.00 (Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand Pounds Sterlings) prize winning.
 
However, you will have to fill the form below and send it to the Promotion manager of THE 5MS COMPANY for verification and then payment of your £750,000.00 (Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand Pounds Sterlings) to you.
 
COMPLETE INFO IN VERIFICATION AND FUNDS RELEASE INFORMATION:
 
1. FULL NAMES: ...............................
2. ADDRESS: ...............................
3. SEX: ...............................
4. AGE: ...............................
5. MARITAL STATUS: ...............................
6. OCCUPATION: ...............................
7. E-MAIL ADDRESS: ...............................
8. TELEPHONE NUMBER: ...............................
9. TICKET NUMBER: ...............................
10. SERIAL NUMBER: ...............................
11. AMOUNT WON: ...............................
12. STATE: ...............................
13. COUNTRY: ...............................
14. NEXT OF KIN: ...............................
15. HOW DO YOU FEEL AS A WINNER: ...............................
 
Please you are advised to complete the form and send it immediately to our Promotion manager through email or fax for prompt postage of your prize check to you.
 
(CONTACT PROMOTION MANAGER)
 
To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent:
Overseas Claims Unit
 
Mr. Neville Uphill
Email: claim.5ms@live.co.uk
Tel: +44 702 403 8807
Fax: +44 702 402 0379
 
You are to keep all lotto information away from the general public especially your ticket number and ballot number. (This is important as a case of double claims will not be entertained).
 
*Staff of 5MS and the British American Tobacco Company are not to partake in this Lottery. Accept my hearty congratulations once again!
 
Yours faithfully,
 
Mrs. Juliet Walters
 

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