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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: "simon croft" <simoncroft_coordinator@eglobal-uk-webmail.org>
Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 11:28:23 +0000
Subject: EGLOBAL LOTTERY PRIZE AWARD

FROM MR SIMON CROFT.
THE COORDINATOR, EGLOBAL LOTTERY UK.
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS / PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT.
EGLOBAL LOTTERY, UK.
DEAR WINNER,

SECOND CATEGORY HIGH STAKES DRAW
Congratulations to you as we bring to your notice,
the Results of the Stakes Draws of EGLOBAL LOTTERY
UNITED KINGDOM. We are happy to inform you that you
have emerged a winner under the Second Category High
Stakes Draw,Which is part of our promotional draws.

The draws were held on 18TH JULY,2005 and results
are being officially announced today. Participants
were selected through a computer ballot system drawn
from 30,000 names/email addresses of Individuals and
companies from Africa, America, Asia,Australia,
Europe, Middle East, and Oceania as part of our
International Promotions Program.

You/Your Company, attached to ticket number
66-1-452, with serial number 52-27 drew the winning
numbers 09 15 18 56 31 60 (25) and consequently won in
The Second Category.

You have therefore been awarded a lump sum payout of
£1,500,000:00M GBP (One Million, Five Hundred Thousand
Great Britain Pounds), which is the winning payout for Second
Category Winners. This is from the total prize money of
£15,000,000:00 shared between six (6) winners in the B Category.

CONGRATULATIONS
Your fund has been long deposited with our
International Funds Transfer agents ACE FINANCE LTD
and has been insured in your name. In your best interest
and also to avoid mix up of numbers and names of any kind,
we request that you keep the entire details of your award
strictly from public notice until the
process of transferring your claims has been
completed, and your funds remitted to your account.

This is part of our security protocol to avoid double
Claiming or unscrupulous acts by Participants/
non-participants of this program.

We also wish to bring to your notice our End-Year 2005
Premium Stakes Draw where you stand a chance of
Winning up to £50 M that will be shared
Amongst 10 winners worldwide, we hope that with a
part of your prize you will participate.

Please contact your claims agent immediately for due
processing and remittance of your prize money to a
designated bank account of your choice;

MR. BRIAN HAYS
FOREIGN DEPARTMENT MANAGER
ACE FINANCE LIMITED
642 HIGH ROAD,
GREATER LONDON E113AA, UK
FAX:+44-870-133-5238
FAX:+44-870-133-6090
TEL:+44-704-011-1286
Email:mrbrianhays_foreignmanager@ace-finance-ltd-uk.org


You are advised to contact your claims agent by
Email and/or fax within a week of receiving this notice.
Failure to do so may warrant immediate disqualification.

NOTE:
For easy reference and identification, find
Below your reference and Batch numbers. Remember to
Quote these numbers in every one of your
Correspondence with your claims agent.

REFERENCE NUMBER: EGLUK/05/8256/83219/QE321
BATCH NUMBER: EG5/A005-05

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

MR SIMON CROFT.
THE COORDINATOR,
EGLOBAL LOTTERY UK.
13 GORDON ROAD TUDOR
SQUARE NG25LL LONDON
UNITED KINGDOM.
FAX:44-870-133-6119
Tel:+44-7031943274

N.B: Any breach of confidentiality on the part of
the winners will result to disqualification.
Please do not reply to this mail. Contact your claims agent
immediately.(TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLY).


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