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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: "JOHN JOHN BECWITH" <promotions_manager@msn.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2005 01:38:07 +0000
Subject: Congratulations!

THE COORDINATOR, PRIME ROYAL STAKES UK.
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT.
PRIME ROYAL STAKES UK.
DEAR WINNER,
                SECOND CATEGORY HIGH STAKES DRAW
Congratulations to you as we bring to your notice, the Results of the Sweepstakes Draw of PRIME ROYAL STAKES.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 17TH SEPTEMBER, 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 55-4-123,with serial number 57-10 drew the winning numbers 09 12 17 53 34 61 (22) and consequently won in the Second Category.You have therefor been awarded a lump sum payout of
1,200,000 GBP (One Million, Two Hundred Thousand Great Britain Pounds), which is the winning payout for Second Category Winners. This is from thetotal prize money of 7,200,000 shared amongst six(6) winners in the B Category.
CONGRATULATIONS!
Your fund has been long deposited with ourInternational Funds Transfer agents "NORM BANK PLC." and has been insured in yourname. 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 theprocess 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 December 2005 Premium Stakes Draw where you stand a chance of Winning up to 50Million 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 DAVID WALLACE
FINANCE MANAGER.
NORM BANK PLC.
623 HING ROAD,
LONDON E113BB, UK
T:+44-703-194-9539
F:+44-709-287-2028
E:financemanager5@msn.com

You are advised to contact your claims agent by email and/or fax within a week of receiept of 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: PRUK/06/3456/7564/GL256
BATCH NUMBER: PR5/BZO7-6
Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our promotions program.
Sincerely,
MR JOHN BECWITH.
THE COORDINATOR,
PRIME ROYAL STAKES.
15 GORDON SQUARE 
LONDON
UNITED KINGDOM.
T:+44-703-194-4907
F:+44-709-287-2029
N/B: Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to disqualification .Please do not reply tothis mail.Contact your claims agent immediately.(TERMS AND CONDITION APPLYS).
 
 
 

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