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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: "Camelot National Lottery" <info@camelotwinners.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 17:25:57 +0000
Subject: Congratulation Lucky Winner

CAMELOT NATIONAL LOTTERY UK
FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
REF: CL/5567890/05
BATCH: 08/0048/Y05

AWARD NOTIFICATION/ FINAL NOTICE

We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today, of winners of the
CAMELOT LOTTERY UK INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS held on 16th March, 2005. You are
attached to ticket number 09-11-21-39-40-46; with bonus number 35 drew the
lucky numbers 923, and consequently won the lottery in the 4th category. You
have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay of £526,422 in cash credited
to file REF NO.CL/5567890/05. This is from total prize money of £3,684,954
shared among the seven international winners in this category.

All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
25,000 names from Australia, New Zealand, America, Europe, North America,
Africa and Asia as part of International Promotions Program, which is
conducted annually.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Your fund is now deposited with the payment board in your name. 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 funds ready
for collection. 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 end of year high stakes
£1.3billion International Lottery.

To begin your claim, please contact your claim agent on email:
ramseyp@ramseyp.force9.co.uk. Attention: Mr. Peter Ramsey, for due
processing and remittance of your prize money. Remember, all prize money
must be claimed not later than the two weeks from the contact of this
office. After this date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed.

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please
remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in every one of your
message correspondence.

Congratulations again from all our staff.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Rebecca Williams
THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER, CAMELOT LOTTERY


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