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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: "Web Dept" <hfalcon@itesm.mx>
Reply-To: barr_carty0001@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 07:01:18 -0700
Subject: DELOITTE/LONDON 2012 OLYMPIC GAMES PROMOTIONAL DRAW

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 20th
May 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: +44-704-571-8520
Fax: +44-701-421-8453
Email: deloittelondonclaimsunit@yahoo.co.uk

Once again, we say congratulations.

Regards
Mr.George Miller
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.

© London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games


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