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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: "CAMELOT PROMO" <ann_morphey6@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: ann_morphey@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2006 10:32:11 +0100
Subject: CLAIM YOUR WINNING NOW !!!

Camelot Logo

National Lottery Dream Number

The National Lottery
CAMELOT LOTTERY PROMOTIONS
88 WOOD STREET,LONDON,EC2V 7QT
FROM: THE DESK OF THE DIRECTOR PROMOTIONS,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
________________________________________________
RE: Official Notification of Winning (CLP 2006)
________________________________________________
Dear participant,
Thank you for participating in the CLP 2006 Lottery Program. Our lottery program selection has finally been performed today which was held at the CLP international complex UK. CAMELOT LOTTERY PROMOTIONS is a joint America/Euro private lottery registered and organized in accordance with the UK National Lottery act and the British Gaming Board.
We the CAMELOT LOTTERY PROMOTIONS organizing committee are pleased to officially notify you of the status of your email application. An official notification of winning is hereby issued to you as your email promotional ticket number CLP9901-0148-790-691;with serial number CLP6109-17 and REF:NO.CLP/MELI-T/ 17-F044262312 in batch CLP/901/00319/HLP randomly drew for the lucky numbers 990-11-815-37-10-83 which selected your email as a winner of our lottery program you have consequently won the lottery program in the first batch.
We have officially approved a sum payout of $1,000,000,00 USD (One Million United States Dollars) only to you as the lottery winner. This amount is from total prize cash of $9, 000,000,00 USD(Nine Million United Stated Dollars) randomly distributed among Nine (9) international winners selected by our Lottery Random System Selection (LRSS). All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 25,000 names/ email issued from Australia, New Zealand, America, Europe, North America and Asia, as part of our International Promotional
Program, which is conducted yearly.
Your prize can only be obtained from the assinged listed correspondence office, they are to assist and provide helpful information to you in order to receiving your prize.
======================================
CAMELOT LOTTERY PROMOTIONS,
CLP Claims Unit Department,
Contact Person:Mrs Ann MORPHEY,
Email:ann_morphey@yahoo.co.uk
Most importantly, contact your claims officer with the following informations for the processing of your winnings:
Claims Requirements:
1.Name in full ----------------------------------------------------------------
2.Address ----------------------------------------------------------------
3.Nationality ---------------------------------------------------------------
4.Age --------------------------------------------------------------------
5.Occupation---------------------------------------------------------
6.Phone ----------------------------------------------------------
7. Next Of Kin ...................................................
=======================================
Please carefully read all information provided on your winning notification.Please always remember to quote your winning reference and Lucky winning number correspondences with this office. Furthermore, should there be any change of your address, do inform us as soon as possible.
Congratulations again from all our staff for being part of CLP 2006 Lottery Program.
Sincerely,
Mr.David Harris
(Information Department)
CAMELOT LOTTERY PROMOTIONS

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