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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: Guinness Award <resultsreleased001@msn.com>
Reply-To: <revfrjameskirby0072@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 7 May 2009 05:02:17 +0000
Subject: CONTACT OUR CLAIMS OFFICE...(GUINNESS AWARD PROMOTION 2009)



GUINNESS HOUSE
HOUGHTON STREET, LONDON,
WC2A 2AE, UNITED KINGDOM.
Date: 07-5-2009

Dear Winner,

You are hereby informed on the result of the 2009
draws promotion held on the 29th of March 2009 by GUINNESS
EXTRA STOUT Worldwide Internet Awareness Promotion, your
email was among the seven (7) lucky winners who won GBP (Three
Hundred Thousand Great British Pounds) GBP 300,000 each on
the GUINNESS COMPANY.

However, the results were released 7th of April 2009
and your email was among the lucky winners this year: The
online draws was conducted by a random selection of email
addresses from an exclusive list of 2,500 E-mail addresses
of individuals and co-operate 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.

In other to claim your prize,
which have been deposited in a draft cheque to our regional
paying Bank in West Africa, you will have to fill the form
below and send it to the Promotion Agent of Guinness
Worldwide Internet Awareness promotional Company for
verification and then you will be directed on how you can
claim your won prize as it has already been deposited in
your favor.

Ticket number (GUI45856CS89) ballot number (BN:
6220914657/HBZ-T). Therefore we advise all winners to keep
th is numbers and infor matio n private, till you've won price
has been claimed, any
breach of confidentiality will result
a total disqualification to the beneficiary.

This Promotion is approved by the British Game Board and
also Licensed by the International Association of Gaming
Regulators (IAGR).This lottery is the 3rd of its kind and we
intend to sensitize the public.

You are to keep all your 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).

Completely fill the form above and send it immediately to
our claims office through email for prompt collection of
your fund using the contact details below

NAMES:

AGE:

SEX:

MARITAL STATUS:

COUNTRY:

MOBILE PHONE NUMBER:

OCCUPATION:

TICKET NO:

BALLOT NO:

CONTACT OUR CLAIMS AGENT :
Rev.Fr.James Kirby
Email:revfrjameskirby0072@yahoo.co.uk
Phone:+447045772201

NOTE: *Staff of GUINNESS STOUT Company are not to partake in
this promotion
PLEASE BE WARNED*

Accept my hearty congratulations once again!

Yours faithfully,
Prof. Mrs. Kate Dannie
Promotional Manager.
© 2009 Guinness


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