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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: CITY TRUST BANK PLC <citytrustbankplc_02@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2007 05:54:56 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Attn: Drud Herz


CITY TRUST BANK PLC.
31 Windermere Close,Manchester
M11 2AF United Kingdom.

Tel: (+44) 701-113-3390, 704-570-1844

Fax: 00-44-870 -974- 1620

Attn: Drud Herz, Date:29/07/2007

Good day to you am your family, according to your question how you be became a winner as we will like to use this medium to impart you that your E-mail address was selected among the 5 Lucky winners who won £1,000,000.00 Pounds each on the NOKIA COMPANY ONLINE PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD, however we also want you to know that the selection process was carried out through random selection in our E-games Random Selection System (ERSS) from a database of over 250,000 email addresses drawn from all the continents of the world. However no tickets were sold but all email addresses were assigned to different ticket numbers for representation and privacy.

In the past we sent you am E-mail to impart us with the Option you will like to use in other for you to claim your winning funds from our bank you refuse to select from the options, since we have explain to you on how you became a winner of the NOKIA COMPANY ONLINE PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD, as we also believe that with this mail you will be certifier and make a selection from the first E-mail you received from our bank.

Also be reminded that the deadline for the claiming of winnings is exactly one weeks after the receipt of this email. After this period, your cash prize will be deemed to have been forfeited by you and will be reused in the drawings of the next edition of the Promotion.

Hope to hear from you with the Option you will like to use also send us your full details.


Regards,
Mr. Frank .B. Page
City Trust Bank Plc.
Online Department Service.








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