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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 about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "Elsa Dalton" <elsadalton03@sympatico.ca>
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 10:46:11 +0000
Subject: ROYAL NATIONAL LOTTERY WINNING NOTICE FOR SILVER STAKE WINNER

FROM: PROMOTIONS DEPARTMENT OF ROYAL NATIONAL LOTTERY, WINNING NOTICE FOR
SILVER STAKE WINNER- Ref. No.- RNL/051/652659968/UK

Attention:

Royal National Lottery has just concluded its final draws of it's periodical
promotional program. An exclusive list of email addresses of thousands of
individual and corporate bodies were picked by automated random computer
search from the internet. No tickets were sold. Your email address emerged
as one of seven winners in the silver stakes category as email addresses
were soughted, from a total number of 1,000,000 addresses drawn from all
over the globe. After an automated computer ballot of our International
Promotions Program, only SEVEN winners emerged in this category and
therefore each are to receive payouts of €1,500,000.00 from the total of
€10,500,000.00 (TEN MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND EURO). However, every
email address selected was accompanied by a reference and ticket number,
after the cyber lotto selection, the below ticket and reference numbers
emereged as one of the lucky winners in the above category.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Reference number for your prize is:Ref. No.- RNL/051/652659968/UK
Ticket No.- RNL87868UK

For the your prize claim processing, we have employed the service of an
lnternational Trust firm. They are to handle the transfer of your cash prize
of €1,500,000.00 in line with our procedures and upon your directions. Your
prize has been insured to its full value with your email address and will be
transferred to you under their professional service.

To immediately initiate the processing of your prize claim, please contact
our financial handlers Bond Finance & Securities Company, below are the
contact information of their FINANCIAL DIRECTOR;

Mr. Leonard Walter
Finance Director,
Bond Finance & Securities Company
Email: walter_l01@yahoo.com
CC: leonard_walt@atmail.nl
Phone:+44-704-010-4368
Fax: +44-700-580-2861

In your best interest(s), you must initiate contact within two weeks of
receipt of this correspondence, Bond Finance & Securities Company, are to
handle all matters with regards to claiming of your prize money. You are
also advised to send a copy of this email, to your claims agent Mr. Leonard
Walter, when contacting him.You may be required to provide any of the above
information during the process of collecting your prize. We congratulate you
once again and it is our hope that you participate in any of our
international programs in the
nearest future.

Thank you and CONGRATULATIONS!!!.

Sincerely,
Elsa Dalton,
Promotions Manager,
Royal National Lottery,
United Kingdom.



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