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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 INFO" <webinfo101@johanrosengren.com>
Reply-To: gregcarter112@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sat, 04 Aug 2007 17:58:21 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!!


PROMOTION DEPARTMENT
Globe House 4 Temple Place
London WC2R 2PG
Ref: BT:12052005/21
Batch: 12/25/0034


                      OFFICIAL PRIZE NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual
final draws of UK mega jackpot promo. This is to inform you that you
have been selected for a cash prize of £5,000,000 (Five Million, Great
Britain Pounds) , International programs held in London Uk .
The online draws was conducted by a random selection of email addresses
from an exclusive list of 29,031 E-mail addresses of individuals and
corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search
from the internet. However, no tickets were sold but all email
addresses
were assigned to different ticket numbers for representation and
privacy.

The selection process was carried out through random selection in our
computerized email selection machine (TOPAZ) from a database of over
250,000 email addresses drawn from all over the world.
This Lottery is approved by the British Gaming Board and also Licensed
by
The International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR).This lottery
is the 3rd of its kind and we intend to sensitize the public.To begin
the processing of your prize you are to contact your claims officer
through our accredited Prize Transfer agents as stated below:


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Mr. Gegory Cater,
Globe House 4 Temple Place
London WC2R 2PG
E-mail: gregcarter112@yahoo.co.uk
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While contacting him, Kindly provide him with your Secret pin code
(x7pwyz2006),
Amount won (£5,000, 000 ) and your Reference number (BT:12052005/21).
You are adviced to provide the underlisted contact information to the
transfer agent.

Claims Requirements:

Full
name:--------------------------------------------------------------
Postal
Address:-----------------------------------------------------------------
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Phone/Fax:---------------------------------------------------------------
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NOTE: All winnings must be claimed within 14 days from today. After
this date all unclaimed funds would be included in the next stake.
Remember to quote your reference information in all correspondence with
your claims agent.
You are to keep all lottery information away from the general public
especially your reference and ticket numbers. (This is important as a
case of double claims will not be entertained).
Members of the affiliate agencies are automatically notallowed to
participate in this program.

*Winner under the age of 18 are automatically disqualified.
*Staff of UK MEGA JACKPOT not to partake in this Lottery Promo.
Accept my hearty congratulations once again!

Yours faithfully,
Sir. Henry Hills
Online coordinator
UK MEGA JACKPOT PROMO

Copyright © 2007 UK MEGA JACKPOT Lottery Promotion
All rights reserved. Terms of Service -Guidelines.




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