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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: "PROMOTIONS (UK) LTD" <promotions81@gamecocks.com>
Reply-To: <labltd@grad.com>
Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2007 14:04:54 +0200
Subject: YOUR LUCKY DAY CTFSOBFLFR

PROMOTIONS (UK) LIMITED
696 YARDLEY WOOD ROAD
BILLESLEY BIRMINGHAM
WARWICKSHIRE Z13 0XY
ISLES OF MAN


FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
REF:X077
BATCH NO:67/127/QZT.

Dear Winner,

We am pleased to announce you as one of the 3 lucky winners in THE WORLD AIDS AWARENESS DAY
PROMOTIONS held on the 17TH of JUNE 2007. All 3 winning email addresses were randomly selected from
over 200,000 companies and 2,000,000 individual email addresses. Your email address emerged alongside 2
others as a 1st category winner in this month's draw.Consequently you have been awarded a total pay out of
£2,500,000 Pounds(Two million five hundred thousand British Pounds) only. The following particulars are
attached to your prize payment order:

(i) Winning numbers: 15-29-99-33-64-00
(ii) Serial number: 86501-20
(iii) Reference number: X077

Please contact the under listed officer with your winning details as soon as possible for the immediate
release of your winnings:

MR BILL HASHFORD
LEGAL ACTION ATTORNEYS
EMAIL: labltd@grad.com
TEL: +44 7024034304


Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep your winning information confidential and
only provide your winning details to your claims officer for payment of your prize money. This is part of our
security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participant.

Once again on behalf of all our staff,

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Sincerely,
Mrs.Susan Beden
Promotions Manager

NOTE:
1. All claims are nullified after 10 working days from today.
2. You will be required to pay a legal fee for the processing of your prize money
3. Do inform the claims officer of any change of names or addresses.
4. All winners under the age of 18 are automatically disqualified.
5. Please do not reply to this email, contact your claims officer by fax or email with your winning details.
_______________________________________________________________________________________
THE PROMOTIONS (UK) Awards is proudly sponsored by financial Corp's and a conglomeration of other
international companies. The internet draw is held monthly, and is organized to encourage the use of the
internet and computers worldwide. We are proud to say that over 200 Million Pounds are won annually in
more than 100 countries worldwide.


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