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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: "Online Winnings" <claimspromoboard@haizhong.edu.cn>
Reply-To: claimspromocontact_03@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 10:08:04 +0800
Subject: OFFICIAL PRIZE NOTIFICATION





PROMOTION DEPARTMENT
Globe House 4 Temple Place
London WC2R 2PG
Ref: BT:12052005/21
Batch: 12/25/0034
September. 28th 2006
OFFICIAL PRIZE NOTIFICATION
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded
annual final draws of Inter-Lotto Worldwide promo draw where your e-
mail address was selected for a cash prize of £1,000,000 (One
Million, Great Britain Pounds) , International programs held in
London Uk .

The online draws was conducted by a random selection of email
addresses from an exclusive list of 29,031 E-mail addresses of
individuals and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated
random computer search from the internet. However, no tickets were
sold but all email addresses were assigned to different ticket
numbers for representation and privacy.
The selection process was carried out through random selection in our
computerized email selection machine (TOPAZ) from a database of over
250,000 email addresses drawn from all the continents of the world.

This Lottery is approved by the British Gaming Board and also
Licensed by the The International Association of Gaming Regulators
(IAGR).This lottery is the 3rd of its kind and we intend to sensitize
the public.To begin the processing of your prize you are to contact
your claims officer through our accredited Prize Transfer agents as
stated below:

======================================================================
Mr. Stephen Crowe.
Globe House 4 Temple Place
London WC2R 2PG
E-mail: claimspromocontact_03@yahoo.co.uk

Contact him, Kindly provide him with your Secret pin code
(x7pwyz2006), Amount won (£1,000, 000 ) and your Reference number
(BT:12052005/21).
You are adviced to provide the underlisted claims requirement to the
transfer agent.

Claims Requirements:

1.Name in full:-------------------------------------------------------
-------

2.Address:------------------------------------------------------------
-------

3.Nationality:--------------------------------------------------------
-------
4.Zip:----------------------------

5.Age:----------------------------------------------------------------
-------
6.sex:----------------------------------------------------------------

7.Marital Status:---------------------------------------

8.Occupation:---------------------------------------------------------
-------

9.Phone/Fax:----------------------------------------------------------
-------
10.Present Country:---------------------------------------------------
--------

NOTE: All winnings must be claimed within 14 days from today. After
this date all unclaimed funds would be included in the next stake.
Remember to quote your reference information in all correspondence
with your claims agent.
You are to keep all lotto information away from the general public
especially your reference and ticket numbers. (This is important as a
case of double claims will not be entertained).
Members of the affiliate agencies are automatically notallowed to
participate in this program.


*Winner under the age of 18 are automatically disqualified.
*Staff of Banana-Lotto are not to partake in this Lottery Promo.
Accept my hearty congratulations once again!

Yours faithfully,
Sir. Henry Hills
Online coordinator for INTER-LOTTO
Copyright © 2006 Inter-LottoWorldwide Lottery Promotion
All rights reserved. Terms of Service -Guidelines.

77635 476378 255667460



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