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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: "chelseafc chelsea" <chelseafclottoclaims_agent@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: info_seanclarkeconsult@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 03 Dec 2005 02:35:20 +0100
Subject: CONGRATULATION !!!!!!YOU HAVE WON THE CHELSEA FC 100TH ANNIVERSARY LOTTERY

        CHELSEA FOOTBALL CLUB OF ENGLAND
PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPT,
Fulham Road, London, SW6 1HS,
UNITED KINGDOM.
 
CHELSEA FC 100TH ANNIVERSARY EXTRAVAGANZA
 
This is to inform you of the release of email balloting held on the 28th day of
November 2005 ,by CHELSEA FOOTBALL CLUB on it's 100th Anniversary.For the
first time ever CHELSEA FOOTBALL CLUB have decided to celebrate it's 
Anniversary by awarding  Two Hundred Thousand  Great Britain POUNDS 200,000.00 GBP
 
in cash ,
each to  100 lucky winners who were selected through a computer ballot system
drawn from only Microsoft users from over 30,000 companies and 5,000,000
individual email addresses and names from all over the world.For all our
international winners the value of the amount comes to  three hundred and forty three thousand   and ninty one Dollars forty three cents 343,091.43 USD
.
  However, the results were released on  30th November 2005 and your
email  was among the 100 Lucky winners who won £200,000.00 each on the 100th
anniversary of the  CHELSEA FOOTBALL CLUB of England, and your email was
attached to ticket number CF:38844240 and ballot number  B140.

To begin your EXTRAVAGANZA claim, please contact our Promotion's
manager (MR Sean Clarke)with your personal details as requested below:
NAME:................................................................................
AGE:...................................................................................
SEX:..................................................................................
ADDRESS:.........................................................................
EMAIL:................................................................................
PHONE:................................................................................
BALLOT
NUMBER.................................................................
TICKET
NUMBER..................................................................
OCCUPATION:.......................................................................
COMPANY:.............................................................................
COUNTRY:..............................................................................
 
  Please you are adviced to complete the form and send it  immediately
to our Promotion manager through email for prompt collection of your
winning cheque of one million pounds.
 
CONTACT NAME: Mr.Sean Clarke
CITY/ COUNTRY:London, United Kingdom.
TEL:  +447031929958
         +447031929966
        
Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to
disqualification.
  This E-mail message (including attachments, if any) is intended for
the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may
contain Information that is privileged, proprietary,confidential and exempted
from disclosure.
  If you are not the intended recipient, you are notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited.
 
Yours faithfully,
Mrs.Phair Carole.

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