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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: "GSL coordinator@gsluknational.org" <coordinator@gsluknational.org>
Reply-To: rhodge-tfig@inmail24.com
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 21:39:41 +0000
Subject: Notification!

FROM: THE LOTTERY COORDINATOR,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT

Dear Prize Winner,
GREATER SWEEPTAKES LOTTO, wish to inform you
of it's third category draws held on the 5th of September, 2005.
We are happy to officially inform you that, you have
emerged a winner under the Third Category, which is
part of our promotional draws. Participants were
selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
50,000 names/email addresses of individuals and
companies from America, Asia, Australia,
Canada, Europe, Middle East, Oceania and Africa as part
of our International Promotions Program.

You have therefore been awarded a lump sum pay out of
£1,100,000.00 (One Million, one hundred thousand Great British Pounds) in
cash, which is the winning payout for Third Category winners. This is from
the total prize money of £2,200,000.00 shared
among the 2 international winners in the Third category.


CONGRATULATIONS!

Your fund is now deposited with TOWER FINANCE & INVESTMENT GROUP,
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. This is
part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming
or unscrupulous acts by participants/non participants
of this program.

The following particulars are attached to your lotto
payment order:

(i) Winning Numbers: 12, 28, 22, 23, 45, 49, (08)
(ii) Ticket Number: 44-8201-093
(iii) File Reference Number: GSLUK-44
(iv) Lotto Batch Number: GD-4

For due processing and remittance of your prize money
to a designated account of your choice, please contact
your claims agent immediately. Find below all contact
details;

MR. ROGER HODGE,
FOREIGN SECTION MANAGER,
TOWER FINANCE & INVESTMENT GROUP.
PHONE: +44-70-4011-2565
FAX: +44-70-0597-8736
Email: rhogde-tfig@eqqu.com

Remember, you must contact your claims agent not later
than two weeks from the date you received this email.
After this date, all funds will be returned back as
unclaimed. For easy reference and identification, your
lotto payment order details stated above must be
provided to your claims agent.

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

Sincerely,
MARK REID,
LOTTERY COORDINATOR,
GREATER SWEEPTAKES LOTTO.
4 KING ST.
KENT,
DA11 9PT
UNITED KINGDOM.

N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the
winners will result to disqualification. Please do not
reply to this email. Contact your claims agent Mr.
Roger Hodge as specified above. (TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLY)


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