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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "Andrew Neliz" <andrew_neliz_005@msn.com>
Reply-To: andrewnelliz_hsclaims@web2mail.com
Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2006 18:33:42 +0000
Subject: Congratulations!!!

FROM THE DESK OF THE PRIZE DIRECTOR
HALIFAX SWEEPSTAKES/PRIZE AWARD DEPT
24-01-2006
Tel: +44-700-597-8336
Fax: +44-709-280-5141

LOT #JUL3159K

Dear Sir/Madam,

RE: FINAL NOTICE

Good Day! My name is Andrew Nelliz;the prize director representing the
Goldman International
Lottery Foundation Claim Department.Futher to our email Dated Oct 12th in
which you were informed
of your selection as the prize winner of our quarterly US$50,000.00 Dollar
award, we are yet to
receive any response from you.

Every year we enter 50,000 names from different lottery databases
worldwide,and our network
indicates that you were selected as a prize winner on Oct 8th 2005 and you
still have not
claimed your winnings for the sum of US$50,000.00.Now we are required to
notify you that if
we do not hear from you within 2 weeks from the day this e-mail is sent,
your file will be
closed and you will no longer be able to claim your winnings. Usually when a
winner does not
claim their money, there should be a note stating why before we can close
their file.

To elaborate further, this draw was held in London, where our head office is
located.
Your lot number drew lucky numbers 6-10-13-17-24-45 that consequently won in
the 3rd category.
You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of US$50,000.00 from
our main payment
office should you claim within 14 working days time frame.

Now, we would like to explain to you the Federal and International Law
governing the personal
collection of cash prizes. According to the Federal and International Law,
prize winnings are
released as soon as your Clearance and local taxes have been paid.Once Your
clearance and
local taxes have been paid,you will receive your winnings in the form of a
certified check or
should you request, by bank transfer directly into a bank account or any
account nominated by
you.

For security purpose and clarity, we strongly advise that you keep your
winning information
confidential until your claims have been fully processed and your money
remitted to you. This
is part of our security protocol to avoid double claims and unwarranted
abuse of this program
by some nominees.

So once again, Congratulations to you! For more information please contact
our main processing
office in the United Kingdom through
email:andrewnelliz_hsclaims@web2mail.com or you can call on

Tel:011-44-703-191-5958

Yours sincerely,

Andrew Nelliz.
HALIFAX SWEEPSTAKES AGENT.



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