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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: "2010 PEPSI BOTTLING COMPANY AWARD" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <pepsi.lottery2010@i12.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:59:35 -0000
Subject: Pepsi awarded your e-mail GBP100,000,00 Winner 2010.!!!

PEPSI BOTTLING COMPANY.
#14 Cruze Row London,
DX LDE 17 WC1R 4BU
United Kingdom.
Ref: XYL /26510460037/05
Batch: 24/00319/IZP
Winning number:PL/09788/60

Congratulations winner.

The Board of Directors and the International Promotion Department of Pepsi Bottling Company in conjunction with the Euromillones Intl wish to gladly inform you that your email Address won prize money of One Hundred Thousand Great Britain Pound Sterling’s (£100,000.00) on our Online Monthly Lottery Email Address NCSP (NEWYEAR CRISIS SOLUTION PROMO) programmer.

This is a program aimed encourage you to patronize our products and also Help families with the current Global crisis allover (Europe, American, Asia
And Africa), hence no ticket sold.

To claim your winning prize you are to send the following information About yourself to the claims processing manager for verification & Direction.

Do contact the processing manager with the below contact Information;

***************************************************************

Name:Mr. Francise Jones

E-mail: pepsi.lottery2010@i12.com


Tel: +44871-237-5971

Claims Processing Manager,
Payment and Release order Department,

***************************************************************

1.FULL NAMES:

2.CONTACT ADDRESS:

3.AGE:

4.TELEPHONE NUMBER:

5.SEX:

6.OCCUPATION:

7.NATIONALITY:

8.COUNTRY:

9.HOW DO YOU FEEL AS PEPSI LUCKY WINNER:

10.I____________________________ hereby declare that the above information is true and binding on me.If at any time it is discovered that I have given false information, I will forfeit my rights to my winnings.

Be further advised to maintain the strictest level of confidentiality until the end of proceedings to circumvent problems associated with fraudulent claims.

This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program.

Congratulations once again and kindly get back to us as soon as you contact your claim agent.

Mr.Thomas Smith
Pepsi Online Co-ordinator

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