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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: CHEVROLET UK COMPANY <grin3@grini.onmicrosoft.com>
Reply-To: <chevroletuk@aim.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2013 03:31:42 +0530
Subject: CONGRATULATION!!!

CHEVROLET UK COMPANY LOTTERY:
13 Muirhead Quay Fresh Wharf Estate,
High-bridge Road,Essex IG11 7BW,
London,United Kingdom.
Tel : +44-871-234-8129
==========================================================================

Dear Lucky Winner,

We are pleased to inform you of the result concluded final draws held on (28th October, 2013) by Chevrolet Company in conjunction with the British Lottery Board (BLD). You have a Chevrolet Beat car and a total sum of £1,000,000.00 (One Million Great British Pound) from the CHEVROLET COMPANY UK AWARD. However the results were released on (28th October 2013) and your email was attached to ticket number (7PWYZ2007) and ballot number (BT: 12052013/20. In line with the commemorating event marking our annual anniversary we rolled out over £91,000.000.00 (Ninety Million Great Britain Pounds) for our annual Anniversary Draws.All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 25,000 company email addresses, and 30,000,000 individual email addresses from the 45 email networks from Australia, New Zealand, North America, South America, Europe, Asia and Africa as part of International Promotions Program, which is conducted annually in Britain, London. However, no tickets were sold but all email addresses were assigned to different ticket numbers for representation and privacy.

Please you are advised to complete the form below and send it immediately to this office through email for prompt collection, processing and immediate delivery of your winning amount to you in your country.

FIRST NAME................................................
LAST NAME.................................................
AGE.......................................................
SEX.......................................................
ADDRESS...................................................
EMAIL.....................................................
PHONE.....................................................
OCCUPATION................................................
COUNTRY...................................................
AMOUNT WON................................................
STATE ....................................................
VALID ID..................................................

CHOOSE THE OPTION SUITABLE FOR COLLECTING YOUR WON PRIZES:

OPTION 1: TELEX TELEGRAPHIC TRANSFER {TT}: Bank transfer of the funds to an account of your choice. If you prefer this option, notify us to enable us send your cheque to the Bank for transfer

OPTION 2: COURIER DELIVERY: The British Airway courier company will have the responsibility of delivering your Cheque to the home address specified in your filled form

Dr. Collins Cole
Foreign Service Manager
Chevrolet Uk Lottery (Pty) Ltd.
Email: chevroletuk@aim.com
Tel: +44-8712348129
If you receive this message as junk or spam, move it to inbox before you reply

KEEP YOUR WINNING CONFIDENTIAL TO YOURSELF TO AVOID IMPERSONATION AND DOUBLE CLAIM.
CHEVROLET UK LOTTERY OFFICE (C) 2013

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