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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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Please note about this email:

Fraud email example:

From: "ROLLS ROYCE 100TH ANNIVERSARY" <rollroycepromotions@nationaluklot.net>
Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 11:19:02 +0000
Subject: ROLLS-ROYCE CENTENARY ANNIVERSARY

                 ROLLS-ROYCE CENTENARY ANNIVERSARY

65 BUCKINGHAM GATE                                                         

LONDON SW1E 6AT,

UNITED KINGDOM.

 

Good day,

 

We are pleased to inform you of the announcement of winners of the CENTENARY ANNIVERSARY AND EXTRAVAGANZA

Of Rolls Royce on behalf of Honorable Charles Rolls and Henry Royce. This extravaganza was held on the 10th of August 2005. 20 lucky winners were chosen and your e-mail address attached to ticket number 63538953216-435 with serial number 172-488, which consequently gave you this opportunity of having a lump sum of one hundred thousand pounds stellings (£100,000.00), Congratulations.

 

All participants in this Extravaganza were selected randomly through a computer ballot system drawn from over 40,000 companies and 50,000,000 individual email addresses from all search engines and web sites. It is a wonderful surprise!! Please keep your winning information confidential until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to you. The Payment of our winners will be grouped into two payment zones.

(Europe and Africa}

 

As part of precautionary measures to avoid double claiming

and unwarranted abuse of this Extravaganza by some persons,

We have resulted to pay winners only by bank wire transfer.

 

To enable us file in your name for payment, please do provide the following information:

 

1. YOUR FULLNAME...

 

2. YOUR SEX...

 

3. YOUR ADDRESS...

 

4. YOUR FAX NUMBER...

 

5. PHONE NUMBER....

 

6. YOUR OCCUPATION...

 

7. YOUR COMPANY'S NAME...

 

8. YOUR AGE

 

9. YOUR REF NUMBER :( TICKET & SERIAL#)........................

 

10. Country…

 

Please contact the handling officer at the official bank (HSBC BANK) for your prize winnings at:

hsbcbankplc@workinhours.com

Phone no: +447031946786

For due processing and remittance of your money to a designated account of your choice.

 

Congratulations!

 

Sincerely,

 

Maria Stephen

Rolls Royce Promotions secretary

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