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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: "grandpromo88" <grandpromo88@access4less.net>
Reply-To: agent_grandpromo22@linuxmail.org
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 15:01:42 +0100
Subject: GRAND UNIVERSAL PROMO

GRAND UNIVERSAL PROMO
FROM: THE DESK OF THE DIRECTOR PROMOTIONS,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
3b Olympic Way, Sefton Business Park,
Aintree, Liverpool , L30 1RD

REF: GUPL/74-A0802742005
AWARD NOTIFICATION; FINAL NOTICE

We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today, of
winners of
the GRAND UNIVERSAL PROMO held on 28th of February 2005.

Your email address was attached to ticket number
22-1356-4096-988; with
serial number A)69-07 drew the lucky numbers
09-23-13-56-80-40, and
consequently won in category A. You have therefore been
approved for a
lump sum pay out of GBP 1,400,000.00 POUNDS in cash
credited to file REF GUPL/74-A0802742005 This is from total
prize money
of GBP 7,000,000.00 POUNDS, shared among the Five (5)
international
winners in this category.


All participants were selected through a computer ballot
system drawn
from 100,000 companies/individuals from Middle East,
Australia, New
Zealand, America, Asia, Europe and North America as part of
our
International Promotions Program, which is conducted
annually.
CONGRATULATIONS!

Your fund is now deposited with a Security company insured
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 money remitted to your account.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 you prize, you will participate in
our end of
year high stakes GBP 50. Million international lottery.

To begin your claim, please respond back to your claiming
agent;

Dr Andrew Woolley
agent_grandpromo22@linuxmail.org

He will brief you on steps to be taken for due processing
and
remittance of your prize money.Remember, you must contact
him using his
mailing
address not later than two weeks after this date or funds
will be
returned as unclaimed.

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications, please
remember to quote your reference number in every one of your
correspondences.

Ticket number 22-1356-4096-988
Serial number A069-07
Lucky numbers 09-23-13-56-80-40
File REF NO. GUPL/74-A0802742005
BATCH: 2005GUPL-01

Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for
being part
of our promotions program.
Sincerely,

Mrs. Monica Lopez
THE DIRECTOR PROMOTIONS,
GRAND UNIVERSAL PROMO
N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the
Winners will
result to disqualification.
Any winner below the age of 18years is automatically
disqualified

NOTE: Do not reply this mail. You are to contact your
claims officer immediately.






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