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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: camelotresult03@tiscali.co.uk
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 15:56:58 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS.

Our Ref: ONSP/255457003/03.
You?re Ref: BL3/200345/07
Batch No: 35/203/FME.
DATE: August 15th, 2005.
Dear winner,
RE: LOTTERY BONUS/PROMOTIONS PRIZE AWARDS WINNING NOTIFICATION
We are pleased to notify you of the release today as dated of the UK National
Lottery/International Promotions programs held on the 29th day of July 2005.
Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 98,000
names from Europe, America, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Middle-East, Africa,
and North & South America as part of our international promotions program
conducted annually to encourage prospective overseas entries. We hope with
part of your prize awards, you will take part in our end of year lotto jackpot
of ?1.3 Billion International Lottery.
Camelot Lottery Company has designed this cash giveaway to introduce to the
United Kindom visitors consumers a special benefit designed to save you thousands
of pounds on purchases ranging from everyday name brand groceries to travel
and entertainment .Your email address was accessed from computer list database
of Brithish consumers who recently participated in a sweepstakes contest
and/or made a recent purchase of a product through the mail or otherwise.Once
your email was accessed, case file #50861119138 was assigned to you. And
with it all right and privileges.

The result of our computer draw of this day reveals your names attached to
Ticket Number 11476886 with serial number 178 drew the lucky number 32-35-39-42-44
which consequently won the lottery prize awards in the 2nd category.
Therefore, you have been approved a lottery jackpot lump sum prize awards
winning of £1,810,000 (One Million, Eight Hundred and Ten Pounds Only) in
cash prize credited to file Ref. No: BL3/200345/07. This is from the total
prize of £13,286, 320.00 (Thirteen Million, Two Hundred and Eighty Six Thousand,
Three Hundred and Twenty Pounds) shared among the Eighteen overseas lucky
winners in this category as part of our promotional program for this year
2005.
Your prize award has been insured in your names and ready for claim. To begin
your claims therefore, you are advised on final notice and as a matter of
urgency, to contact our licensed and accredited claim agent for overseas
lucky Winners for the processing of your prize awards winning and payment
to your designated bank account. Contact the,
Customer Service Unit,
ROYAL & SUNALLIANCE
Tel:0704 011 9052
Email:royalsunalliance_result@fsmail.net
CONTACT PERSON: Andrew Griffiths (MR.)
Due to mixed up in some numbers and names and for the purpose of confidentiality,
be advised to keep this award notification as secret from public notice until
your claim has been processed and your prize money remitted to your designated
bank account as this is part of
precautionary measures to avoid double claim or misuse of this program by
some social miscreants. Hence, your awards? winning is confidential as our
winners are at liberty to remain completely anonymous until payment is effected
to the benefit of the beneficiary. Our staffs are sworn to secrecy, so you
will be the only one to know what you've won hence, this notification via
this medium (EMAIL) to avoid interception of official letters.
On a final note, you are advised to begin your claim immediately hence, all
prizes awards must be claimed and disbursed within 30days of this notification
as elapse of the scheduled "End of Claim" date will authorized funds withholding
for redirection as abandoned/ unclaimed
without notice.
Note: To enhance the processing of your claim by our accredited claim agent,
you are advised to officially introduce yourself to the claim agent and also
provide them with your valid means of your personal identification with a
copy of this awards notification for references.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
At your disposal, we remain.
Very Truly Yours,
MARIE CRAINE (Mrs.),
International Promotions Unit,
CAMELOT LOTTERY COMPANY,
St marks court
chart way Horsharm
west sussex
RH14 2XL



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