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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: "GREENWICH ANNUAL AWARD" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <greenwichawards@googlemail.com>
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2009 05:57:10 +0100
Subject: [Spam] GREENWICH ANNUAL AWARD

GREENWICH ANNUAL AWARD
GREENWICH, LONDON UNITED KINGDOM

This is to inform you that your email ID has won you the sum of £500,000.00 (five hundred thousand pounds) in the GREENWICH ANNUAL AWARD conducted with the computer balloting system and your email won with the winning numbers stated below;

COUPON NUMBER: H88H78
TICKET NUMBER: 965/435/7855
PIN: UK765XX

This is a millennium scientific computer game in which email addresses were used and it is a promotional program aimed at encouraging internet users; therefore, there was no tickets bought.

The lottery is sponsored by a regional organization belonging to the World Lottery Association (WLA) which represents 147 lotteries from 81 countries, with combined annual revenues in Excess of US $102 billion.

In your best interest, we request that you keep the entire details of your award strictly from public notice until the process of transferring your claims is completed. This is in accordance
with section 13(1) (n) of the national gambling act as adopted in 1993 and amended on 3rd July 1996 by the constitutional assembly. This is to protect winners and to avoid misappropriation of funds.

For immediate claims contact the Office below:
Contact Person: Mr Olinfo Ferrari (Claims Department)
Tel: +44-700-5982734

Provide the following information:
1. FULL NAME:
2. ADDRESS:
3. COUNTRY:
4. TELEPHONE:
5. MODE OF PAYMENT: (a) BANK TRANSFER

Congratulations from all our staff.
Sincerely Yours,

Mrs. Maria Mayer
International Co-ordinator















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