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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: processing File Officer <processingfileofficepbl@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 21:37:09 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Dear Award Winner : Audwin Goldschhagen,


FROM: THE DESK OF THE GROUP CO-ORDINATOR
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRICE AWARD DEPARTMENT.
REF No: EGS/2251256003/02
BATCH NO :10-23-44-72-80
SERIAL NO: MUOTI/82536
TICKET NO: WRNM/SMI/5990
RE: AWARD NOTIFICATION/ FINAL NOTICE:
POWER BALL LOTTERY E-WHEEL E-GAME 2007.

CONSOLATION PRIZE WINNING NOTICE!!!

Dear Award Winner : Audwin Goldschhagen,

Europe/ America private international e-games organizers and co-sponsors, POWERBALL LOTTO Group International, officially bring to your notice of the final draw result of January 2007 POWER BALL LOTTO WHEEL E-game which was conducted at our international corporate office complex in The UNITED KINGDOM.

You have been approved for the star prize of £528,000:00 (Five Hundred And Twenty Eight Thousand GBP). I am Promise Green, I am the appointed agent to assit you process your winning document, to hasten the immediate release of your winnings funds by the official Payment Agency Board

Our DUE PROCESS UNIT (DPU) will render you complete assistance and provide additional information and Ducument for the claims of your consultation prize.

Claims Requirements:

1.Name in full:

2.Home Address:

3.Age:

4.Occupation:

5.Phone Number:

6.Present Country:

7.Sex:

view below our payment modalities and tick option of payment.

(1) TRAVELLING TO THE UNITED KINGDOM FOR CASH COLLECTION (Send flight itinerary to confirm your rrival/appiontment Date)...............................

2) BY TELEGRAPHIC TRANSFER (ELETRONIC WIRE TRANSFER)........................

3) BY COURIER DELIVERY COMPANY

You Should be aware that the processing of your certificate will take up to One days before it will be completed.

Once again congratulations from all our staffs on your consoltation prize winning, we hope you will part take our forth coming POWER BALL LOTTO -wheel Email-games.

Yours Sincerely,
Promise Green
Tel: +44-703-192-6505


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