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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: "Mrs. Ganesha Jefferson" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <claimdept032@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2010 18:01:48 +0200
Subject: ACKNOWLEDGEMENT NEEDED!!!

CORRELATE PROMOTIONAL LOTTERY
2ND FLOOR, CORRELATE HOUSE,
5 CASTLECROFT ROAD, BURY LAN-CANCASHIRE, BL9 OLN,
ENGLAND,
UNITED KINGDOM

Dear Winner,

We are pleased to announce you as one of the 4 lucky winners in CORRELATE LOTTERY draw held on 28th of July 2010. All 4 winning addresses were randomly selected from a batch of 5,000,000 international emails. Your email address emerged alongside 4 others as a 2nd category winner in this month's draw.

Consequently, you have therefore been approved for a total pay out of £820,768 (Eight Hundred and twenty thousand, Seven hundred and sixty eight pounds) only.

The following particulars are attached to your lotto payment order:

(i)Winning numbers: 1 - 11 - 33 - 37 - 42 - 43, Bonus; 19
(ii)Serial number: 5-82-2010
(iii)Lotto batch number: A-Z 577
(iv)Reference number: BID-0014-8

Winning link ; http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/lotto/results/results.ftl

Please contact the under listed claims officer as soon as possible for the immediate release of your winnings:

Mr. David Cole
Claims Department Manager
STALWART FINANCE & LOAN.
Email: claimdept032@gmail.com
Tel: +447035979436 +447045744301
Fax: +442075048759

Mon - Friday( 8Hrs Gmt to 18HrsGmt) Sat ( 8Hrs Gmt to 12HrsGmt)

Yours faithfully,

Mrs. Ganesha Jefferson
Foreign Services Manager
Payment and Release order Department

N.B:

1) All claims are nullified after 7 working days from today.
2) Keep your Winning information confidential until your claims have been processed.
3) All winners under the age of 18 are automatically disqualified.
4) Please contact your claims agent by fax or email (Mr David Cole).

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