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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: Linda Hayes <lottery001@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 19:48:47 -0500
Subject: You Just Won!!! Paul Deighton (Promotional Claims Agent)


Return to the London 2012 homepage
 
Stonecutter Court
1 Stonecutter Street  
London  
United Kingdom
EC4A 4TR  

Ref No: JG3/631/LNRF

                  DELOITTE/LONDON 2012 OLYMPIC GAMES PROMOTIONAL DRAW   
 
Dear  Lucky Winner,
 
We are pleased to announce your email address as one of the 20 lucky winners in the Deloitte/London 2012 Olympic Games Promotional Draw held on the 14th February 2007.  All 20 winning addresses were randomly selected from a batch of 100,000.00 (One Hundred Thousand) international emails addresses.
 
You have therefore won a promotional prize of  GBP £2,000,000.00 (Two Million Pounds) only. Your email address emerged alongside the 19 others as a category winner in this Series.
 
The Deloitte/London 2012 Olympic Games Promotional Draw is proudly in association with, Grosvernor UK, Centros Miller, Marshalls, Cushman & Wakefield, & Drapers International, it has been organized to encourage the use of the internet and computers.
 
We are proud to say that over GBP £25 Million Pounds are won annually in all our promotional draws in over 150  countries world-wide. 
 
Below are particulars attached to your winning payment order:
 
Batch No:    905534213/251
Winning No: 64-53-32-30-11-4
 
You are advised to keep your winning information confidential untill you claim your prize. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this promo.
 
Kindly contact our Promotional Claims Agent to enable a quick process of your winning prize with your winning information. Full Name,Country/province,Marital status,Sex,Age,Occupation,Tell/Fax,Ref Number,Batch Number,Winning Number.
 
Paul Deighton (Promotional Claims Agent)
Deloitte/London Olympic Games Draw   
Stonecutter Court
1 Stonecutter Street  
London  
United Kingdom
EC4A 4TR  
Tel:  +44-701-421-8930
Fax: +44-701-421-8453
 
Once again, we say congratulations.
 
Regards
Linda Hayes
Public Affairs Officer
Note: All winners outside the UK have been granted automatic visa waiver to attend the London 2012 Olympic Games. A special Gala party will also be held in your honour by the City of London Council.
 
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