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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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Fraud email example:

From: "beynon lillian" <lillian_b@web.de>
Date: Tue, 01 Mar 2005 03:36:53 +0100
Subject: Urgent,Winning Notification Letter From Canada.

 CANADIAN REAL LOTTERY PROMO AWARD,2004  NEW INTERNATIONAL
 INTERNET EDITION.150-20451 SHELLBRIDGE WAY
 RICHMOND, BC V6X 2W8 CANADA.
 
 FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
 NEW INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT.End of year promo    award.REF: RLP /25512560888/26,BATCH: 14/0017/IPD .
 RE: AWARD NOTIFICATION FINAL NOTICE.

 ATTN: Sir/Madam.

 We are pleased to inform you of the release of 28th Febuary, 2005.
 Of the NEW INTERNATIONAL E-MAIL LOTTERY.CANADIAN
 REAL LOTTERY PROMO AWARD/NEW E-MAIL INTER-NATIONAL PROGRAMS
 CANADA,held on the 26th December,2004.Your name and email
 address, attached to ticket number 025-1146-1992-750,
 with serial number 2113-22 drew the lucky numbers
 13-15-22-37! -39-43, and consequently won the lottery in
 the 2nd category.

 You are therefore been approve for the lump sum pay
 out of Canadian Dollars of 2,100,000.00(Two Million One Hundred
 Thousand Canadian Dollars.) in cash credit to the file REF: RLP
 /25512560888/26. This is from a total prize of
 8,400,000.00 Canadian Dollars shared among the Four(4)
 International winners in this category.

 CONGRATULATION!

 Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we ask
 that you keep this award strictly from public notice
 until your claim has been processed and your money
 remitted to your account or your cheque send to you.
 This is part of our security protocol to avoid double
 claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of this
 program. We hope with a part of your prize, you will
 participate in our nest year high stakes BPS#1.3
 billion! International Lottery. Notify us immediately
 for due process ing and remittance of your prize to a
 designated account of your choice or send down your
 cheque to any contact address of yours or report to
 our designated offshore Canada,Africa,Europe claims center for cash
 collection.

 All participants were selected through a computer
 ballot system drawn from 25,000 E-mail addresses and
 names from Canada,Australia, USA,Africa, Europe,
 Asia,New Zealand,Middle-East and South-North America
.As part of our international promotions program,
 which we conducted once in a year. This Promotional
 Program takes place every end of year.

 To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary Agent, by faxing
 or send an attachment of the undermentioned valid
 documents to enable the Finance & security department,
 verify to your claims and also process your payments
 eg:-
 (1) a copy of your winning noti! fication letter,
 (2) your full name/and address
 (3) telephone / fax numbers / cell phone
 (4) a copy of your any ID card, to ensure that you are
 the real winner.

You are required to contact our Fiduciary Agent,
Mr. Carl Stone,
Phone no. +234 8037 183 653,
Fax no.+234 1 759 2773,
Email address: crl_cstone@yahoo.co.uk ,reallottery_fiduciaryagent@yahoo.co.uk,
as soon as your reply is received by our Agent, they will
 forward an application form to you . You will fill it
 and return it back to them to enable the Director of
 Payment to verify and process your payment to the
 paying Bank or the security company where your money
 is. Remember, all winning must be claimed not later
 than 14 working days,from the date of
 notification.After this date, all unclaimed funds will
 be included in the next stake.

 ! Note, in order to avoid unnecessary delays and
 complications please, remember to quote your reference
 / batch numbers in all correspondence. Furthermore,
 should there be any change of address do inform our
 Fiduciary Agent as soon as possible.Be informed that
 our on-line banking is in Europe or Canada, and an
 account will be open in your name all you just have to
 do is to activation the account to allow a direct
 transfer to an account of your choice.Cheque
 payment,you will be required to pay for the cost of
 registration and postage of your cheque.Hand delivery more details will be given to you by your fiduciary agent.

 This is the policy of Canadian Real lottery Promo
 Award.

 Congratulations once more, from our members of Staff
 and thank you for being part of our promotional
 program. You are not allowed to disclose your winning
 numbers to any one, till your payment is made to the
 account yo! u will nominate.

 Note: Anybody under the age of 18 years is
 automatically disqualified.

 Best regards,
 MRS LILLIAN BEYNON THOMAS,
 PROMOTION MANAGER.REAL LOTTERY CANADIAN PROMO AWARD.

 N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the
 winners will result to disqualification.



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