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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: "National Geographic International" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <bennychan.05@email.bg>
Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2011 13:06:54 -0800
Subject: Email Ref No: NGS/989/77/2011

New Page 1

SHEPHERDS BUILDING EAST,
RICHMOND WAY, LONDON
W14 0DQ - UNITED KINGDOM
 

 
Winning No: NGS/767/988/2011
Email Ref No: NGS/989/77/2011
Notification Date: 07/03/2011
 
This notification email is to inform you that you have won the sum of
500,000.00GBP {Five Hundred Thousand Great British Pounds} in this year
edition which is organized by the National Geographic International,
UNITED KINGDOM.

[HOW YOU WON]
We collect email addresses of people that are active online, among the
Billions that are subscribed to email addresses worldwide, such as, AOL,
Hotmail, Optusnet, Bigpond, Yahoo, Gmail, Google and including private
domain users and also being a Microsoft user, your email qualify you in
entering the draw. Ten email addresses are been selected in every quarter
of the year through an electronic balloting system without the winners
applying or purchasing ticket for this draw.
 
The National Geographic International Lucky draw is proudly sponsored by
The Royal Family, Microsoft Corporationİ, the Intel Groupİ, Toshibaİ, Dell
computersİ, Mackintoshİ and a conglomeration of other international IT
companies. We are proud to say that over $200,000.000.00 (Two Hundred
Million United States Dollars) are won annually in more than 150 countries
worldwide.
 
[PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM]
You are to contact your Claims Agent with immediate effect to facilitate
the protocol of your winning prize before the date of Claim, Winners Shall
be paid in accordance with his/her location. Prize must be claimed not
later than 15 days from date of Draw. Notification after the Draw date in
which Prize has won. Any prize not claimed within this period will be
forfeited. To begin your claim please contact our licensed and accredited
agent assigned to you.
 
[VERIFICATION DEPARTMENT MANAGER]
Name: Mr. Benny Chan
Email : Bennychan_01@administrativos.com
Phone : +44 701 113 2501
 
Do email the above Claims Administrator, with the claims requirements
below. To avoid unnecessary delay, they are needed to proceed.
 
Full Names: ____________________________________________
Sex: __________________________________________________
Date of Birth: ___________________________________________
Marital Status: __________________________________________
Occupation: ____________________________________________
Address: ______________________________________________
City: __________________________________________________
Country Of Residence: ___________________________________
Nationality: ____________________________________________
Telephone Number(s): ___________________________________
Fax: __________________________________________________
 
[MODE OF PAYMENT]
(i) Bank Transfer.
(ii) Delivery of Cheque of 500,000.00GBP by a registered courier company.
 
Note: National Geographic International Lottery Prize must be claim not
later than 15 days from date of Draw Notification after the Draw date in
which Prize has won. Any prize not claimed within this period will be
forfeited.
 
Congratulations! Congratulations!! Congratulations!!!
 
Sincerely,
Maurice Van Sabben,
National Geographic Corporation. All rights reserved 2010-2011
.

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