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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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Please note about this email:

Fraud email example:

From: "Prime Royal" <notify@primeroyal.org>
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 22:54:54 +0000
Subject: Online Winning Notification

PRIME ROYAL LOTTERY

Customer Service
12 Bridge Street,
Staines Middlesex TW18 4TP
United Kingdom.

Ref: PLI/4080318306/04
Batch: 074/05/ZY369


WINNING NOTIFICATIONS:

We happily announce to you Prime Royal sweepstakes 10th anniversary draw held on
the 21st of July 2005 in London.Your e-mail address attached to ticket number
: 370982217413-7240, with Serial number 5368/02, drew the lucky numbers:2-34-28-13-41,(20),
which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category.You are therefore, been approved to claim a total sum of £250,000.00 (Two Hundred and fifty
Thousand Great British Pounds)
in cash credited to file KPC/9080118308/02
This is from a total cash prize of £2,500,000.00 shared amongst the first Ten (10) lucky winners in this category.
Thi year Lottery Program Jackpot is the largest ever in the history of Prime Royal Sweepstakes.
The estimated £2,500,000.00 jackpot would be the sixth-biggest in U.K. history. The biggest was the £363 million jackpot that went to two winners in a May
2000 drawing
of The Big Game, Mega Millions\' predecessor.
Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet representative
office in Europe as indicated in our play coupon. In view of this, your £250,000.00
(Two Hundred and fifty Thousand Great British Pounds) would be released to you by our affiliate bank in London.
Our agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release
of your funds to you as soon as you make contact with him .
All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site through computer
draw system and extracted from over 100,000 companies.This promotion takes place annually. For security reasons, you are advised to keep you winning
information confidential
till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize. This is a part of our precautionary
measure
to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements.
Please be warned.To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent with
the below details for processing of your claims.
AGENT: Franklin Johnson.
Email: franklinjohnson@primeroyallottery.ws

To avoid unnecessary delays and complications,
please quote your reference/batch numbers in any correspondences with
us or our designated agent.Congratulations once more from all members and staff of this program.
Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.
Sincerely,

Yours Sincerely,
Mrs. Mary Howards
The Director Promotions,
PRIME ONLINE LOTTERY




 


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