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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: "angela nelson" <info@ukpromointernational.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 15:07:06 +0000
Subject: ROLLS ROYCE 100TH ANNIVERSARY EXTRAVAGANZA!! YOU WON..

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                                        ROLLS ROYCE PHANTOM 

                                          

ROLLS ROYCE 100TH ANNIVERSARY EXTRAVAGANZA.
65 BUCKINGHAM GATE
LONDON SW1E 6AT,
UNITED KINGDOM.

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Good day,

We are pleased to inform you of the announcement
of winners of the 100TH ANNIVERSARY AND EXTRAVAGANZA
of Rolls Royce on behalf of Honourable Charles Rolls and
Henry Royce.This extravaganza was held on the 5th of September
2005.20 lucky winners were chosen and Your e-mail address
attached to ticket number 63538953216-435 with serial
number 172-488, which consequently gave you this opportunity
of having a lump sum of Four hundred and fifthy thousand pounds stellings
(£450,000), and a ROLLS ROYCE Phantom is equipped with a standard 6.75-liter, V12, 453-horsepower engine that achieves 12-mpg in the city and 19-mpg on the highway. A 6-speed automatic transmission with overdrive.

Congratulations.

All participants in this Extravaganza were selected randomly
through a computer ballot system drawn from over 40,000 companies
and 50,000,000 individual email addresses from all search engines
and web sites.It is a wonderful surprise!!
Please keep your winning information confidential until
your claims has been processed and your money remitted to you
The Payment of our winners will be grouped into two payment zones.
( Europe, And Africa}
As part of precautionary measures to avoid double claiming
and unwarranted abuse of this Extravaganza by some persons,
To enable us file in your name for payment, please do provide
the following informations within the next 58 hours:

1.YOUR FULLNAME:............................................

2.YOUR SEX:.................................................

3.YOUR ADDRESS:.............................................

4.YOUR FAX NUMBER:..........................................

5.YOUR OCCUPATION:..........................................

6.YOUR COMPANY'S NAME:......................................

7.YOUR AGE:.................................................

8.YOUR REF NUMBER:(TICKET AND SERIAL #)

............................................................

Provide the following immediately so we can start processing your
payment.
Sincerely
Do immediately contact The promotions Manager:

RICHARD MONTREAL
EMAIL:rollsroycepromo@web2mail.com
   cc:rollsroycepromo@email.com,rollsroycepromo@shinyfeet.com
Phone no: +447031842184
for due processing and remittance of your money and your car to a designated
destination.
of your choice.
Congratulations!
Sincerely,
Maria stephen,
Rolls Royce Promotions secretary.

 

 

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