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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: Nelson David <ukmailnational11@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2006 14:16:58 +0800 (CST)
Subject: Fill This Claim Form And Get Back To Us...


EUROPEAN PRIZE AWARD DEPT
1 Plough Place,
London EC4A 1DE
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)


Dear winner,

We wish to congratulate you and formally inform you
that, you have won the sum of $1,500,000.00 (One
Million,Five Hundred Thousand, United States Dollars)
in the last email-lottery draw, organized by
ELECTRONIK LOTTERY.

We have confirmed the above winning.

You should note that your email address in addition to
millions of company and individual email were
extracted with a software and the addresses were
scrutinized with a ballot system and after the
processes,30 email addresses were selected and they
were shared into 3 categories respectively and which
you are a winner in the 2nd category of $1.5m.

The payment has been approved and a reconfirmation
letter has just been sent to our head office in the
United Kingdom,to enable them effect payment from our
paying bank.

The said sum is now deposited in our suspense account
in your favour waiting for the immediate remittance
into your nominated bank account.

Be informed that your winning prize has a hardcover
insurance policy that makes it impossible to make any
deduction of any kind, until the sum is finally
credited into your designated account.

However, our client (ELECTRONIK LOTTERY) has been
notified of this development and the status of your
claim.

Below are the steps you will be following:

1. Furnish us with the details stated below:
a) YOUR NAME:
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b) YOUR ADDRESS:
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c) YOUR TELEPHONE/FAX NUMBER:
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d) YOUR DATE OF BIRTH:
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e) YOUR MARITAL STATUS:
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f) YOUR OCCUPATION:
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g) YOUR COUNTRY:
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h) YOUR WINNING TICKET NUMBER:
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2. You will activate an account with our accreditted
payment center in the United kingdom,which varies because
of the initial deposit of the different accounts and
their features as they are stated below:

a. Regular Account, the initial deposit is
U.S$2,000(1,000 GBP). The Maximum transfer possible
within a month is $1,500,000.00 .

b. Daily Account, the initial deposit is
US$3,000(1,500 GBP). The Maximum transfer possible
within a month is $2,500,000.

c. Premium Account, the initial deposit is US$4,000
(2,000 GBP). The transfer possible within a month from
this account is $15,000,000.00 (Fifteen Million USD).

d. Platinum Account, the initial deposit is
US$5,000.00 (3,000 GBP), the maximum transfer possible
from this account within a month is $20,000,000.00
(Twenty Million USD) and above.

You will make a choice on the kind of account you can
go for as it is important because you are a
non-residence of this country and secondly because the
prize money is in a suspense account and you cannot
deduct nor make any transfers from a suspense account
unless you have an existing account with the firm
where the money is.

Following the above, you are expected to furnish us
with all your necessary details as requested of you
above along with a copy of your international passport
or driver's license via email attachment for vetting
process which is a standard practise just to ensure
that we are dealing with the right individual and
account.

This process is vital and urgent following the
instruction from our clients that all prize money
should be claimed on or before the end of 1 weeks
(7days) from now otherwise your prize money will be
returned back to its original source which means you
have lost your winning prize.

Once again accept our congratulations and we look
forward to hearing from you soon.

Regards,
David Nelson
TEL:+44702 409 1806
FAX:+44870 478 6728

Lottery Co-ordinator.






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