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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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Fraud email example:

From: "vic Claims" <vics_claimsagent@msn.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 11:09:00 +0000
Subject: THE ROYAL UNIVERSAL INC. SUM OF US$1,000,000,00.

YOU HAVE WON THE ROYAL UNIVERSAL INC. SUM OF US$1,000,000,00.
ON THE COMPUTER BALLOT.

We are pleased to inform you of the announcement made on 16th september
2005, of winners of the ROYAL UNIVERSAL INC. INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS, as part
of our promotional draws.Participants were selected through a computer
ballot system drawn from 2,500,000 email addresses of individuals and
companies from all part of the world as part of our electronic business
Promotions Program.

Note that your email address qualified for the draw,as a result of your
visiting various websites we are running the e-business promotions for
You/Your Company email address, attached to ticket number 701-412-118, with
serial number RUI2005/0508 drew the lucky numbers 80,35,11,72,90,and Bonus
number 1 and consequently you have won in the Second Category.

REFERENCE NUMBER: RUI/0508/05
BATCH NUMBER: 55/88/2005/RUI.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of US$1,000,000.00
in cash, which is the winning payment for second category winners.This is
from the total prize money of US$9,650,000.00 shared among the international
winners in the Second category.

CONGRATULATIONS!
To begin your claim contact your claim agent through the below information:
MR. MARKUS WILLIAMS.
VICS CONSULTANT BV.
TEL:+44-7040129075.
FAX:+44-8712474609.
vics_claimsdept@movemail.com.

You are to provide your 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.

NOTE:In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications,please remember
to quote
your reference and batch numbers provided above in correspondences with your
claims agent.
Kindly provide the above informations and remember all winning money must be
claim not later than 14th October 2005.

Sincerely,
MRS.MARYAM FISHERS.
PROMOTIONS MANAGER.


Kindly send your reply to: vics_claimsdept@movemail.com.

===========================================================
The ROYAL UNIVERSAL INC. INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS is proudly sponsored by the
Microsoft Corporation, the Intel Group, Toshiba, Dell computers, Mckintosh
and a
conglomeration of other international IT companies. The ROYAL UNIVERSAL INC.
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 Dollars are won annually in more than 150 countries
worldwide.





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