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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: "THEFROM THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER" <awarddepartmentclaims@yahoo.co.uk> (may be fake)
Reply-To: departmentclaims2006@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 13:03:47 +0400
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS

FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
UK NATIONAL LOTTERY , UNITED KINGDOM.PRIZE
AWARD DEPARTMENT 21-25 GRASSMARKET,
EDINBURGH EH1 2HS UNITED KINGDOM.
Dear Winner,
REF: UKNL /26510460037/06
BATCH: 24/00319/IPD
AWARD NOTIFICATION/FINAL PAYMENT NOTICE.

Dear Winner,

We are pleased to announce to you as one of the 6 lucky winners in the
UK NATIONAL LOTTERY PROMOTIONS held on 18th march, 2006. All 6 winning
addresses were randomly selected from a batch of 40,000 international
emails. Your email address emerged alongside 5 others as a 3rd category
winner in this month's draw.
Consequently, you have therefore been approved for a total pay out of
(£1.500.000.00) One Million, five hundred thousand British Pounds in cash only.
The following particulars are attached to your lottery payment order:
(i) Winning numbers: 43-11-44-37-10-43
(ii) Email ticket number: 023-0148-790-459
(iii) Lotto Batch No. 24/00319/IPD
(IV) File REF NO: UKNL /26510460037/06
Please contact the under listed claims officer as soon as possible for
the immediate release of your winnings and provide the following
informations to him to enable him process your winnings:
1. Full names............................................
2. Sex.....................................................
3. Phone and Fax......................................
4. Nationality............................................
5. Present Location(Country)......................
To begin your claim, please contact our Director,Claims/Remittance
Department:Mr Mark wallens.
Director,Claims/Remittance Department,
UK NATIONAL PROMO LOTTERY,
EDINBURGH,UNITED KINGDOM.
Email:departmentclaims2006@yahoo.co.uk
Once again on behalf of all our staff, CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Sincerely,
Mr SIMMONS.
The Promotions Manager,
UK NATIONAL PROMO LOTTERY,EDINBURGH,UNITED KINGDOM.
N.B:
1.All claims are nullified after 20 working days from today.
2. Your Ref number must be in all your mails with the claims officer.
3. Do inform the claims officer of any change of names or addresses.
4. Please do not reply to this email. Contact your claims agent.
_______________________________________________________________________
The INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT, UK. Is proudly
sponsored by financial Corp's, the Euro American group and a
conglomeration of other international IT companies. And is organized to
encourage the use of the internet and computers worldwide. We are proud
to
say that over 200 Million Pounds are won annually in more than 150
countries worldwide.
Copyright © 2006 Camelot Uk Lottery Inc.



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