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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: Walter Elizabeth <walter@welizabeth1.orangehome.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 22:28:10 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION


CHARITIES LOTTERY PROMOTIONS
Headquarter, Regional Center Charities Lottery,
Furness Gate, Furness Business Park,
Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria. LA14 2PE
United Kingdom.
REF NO: CLP/ 24-FB-426253
BATCH: 42/450002/CLP

PRIZE AND AWARD NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today of winners of the MEGA JACKPOT LOTTO WINNINGS PROGRAMS held on Monday 2nd October, 2006. Your company or your personal e-mail address, is attached to Ticket Number 644-701-836-872, with serial number 64483-72 drew the lucky Winning Numbers 06-14-17-28-30-41, and consequently won the lottery in the 2nd category.
You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of £420,000.00 Pounds in cash credited to file REF NO: CLP/ 24-FB-426253. This is from total prize money of £10,500,000.00 Pounds shared among the Twenty Five (25) international winners in this category.
To claim your winning prize, you must first contact the claims department by email or phone for processing and remittance of your prize money to you. The claims officer contact email is:
File Processing Officer
Mr. Mark Forrester
CHARITIES LOTTERY PROMOTIONS
United Kingdom
Email: markforrester01@excite.com
Tel: +44 701 112 0382.

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in all correspondences with this office. Furthermore, should there be any change of your address, do inform us as soon as possible.
For the quick processing of your claims, you are required to forward the following details via email to the File Processing Officer Mr. Mark Forrester, CHARITIES LOTTERY PROMOTIONS to help facilitate the processing of your certificate which will employ the release of your winnings.

[FULL NAME OF WINNER]....................................................…
[NATIONALITY]........................................................................…
[PRESENT LOCATION]............................................................…
[DATE OF BIRTH].........................../......................./..................…
[SEX]................................................................................................
[OCCUPATION].............................................................................
[WINNING EMAIL].........................……………………………..
[TEL & FAX]....................................................................................


It is expected that you would forward this information to the File Processing Officer as soon as possible to enable him attend to your winnings. Once he confirms your information, your payments would be processed. Congratulations again from all our staff for being part of our promotions program.

Sincerely,
Elizabeth Walter (Mrs.)
Charities Lottery Co-ordinator.


Copyright © 2006 Charities Lottery Inc.


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