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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: "ROYAL HOUSE UK. Promotion Department"
<mrrichardcolemurphyjr_.81@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2007 23:59:18 +0000
Subject: ROYAL HOUSE UK.





ROYAL HOUSE UK.WORCESTER, HEREFORD & WORCESTER,WR1 1JT, UNITED KINGDOM.FAX: +-4-4-7-0-0-5-9-8-1-5-4-8From: Mr. Richard Cole Murphy Jr. (Promotion Department) Dear Sir/Madam, We are please to announce you as one of the 3 lucky winners in the Royal house uk lottery Ballot Draws. All 3 winning addresses were randomly selected from a batch of 30,000 email addresses . Your email address emerged alongside 2 others under our promotional B draws. Consequently, you have therefore been approved for a total pay out of £2,800,000 Pounds (Two Million, eight hundred thousand pounds). The following particulars are attached to your lotto payment order: (i) Winning numbers: 10,18,00,34,49,(60)(ii) Email ticket number: 32-17-431(iii) Reference Number: RHUK/07/UKE321(iv) International Lottery Code Number: RHUK/004-BT To commence processing of your winnings/transfer of winning sum, you must forward a copy of this email to our Claims Department. contact details below, for further information, and immediate processing and release of your winning sum.Contact the cliams department with the following: Director (Cliams Department)Mr. Martin GieriREALITY SECURITY UK,WARWICKSHIRE CV37 6JFLONDON UK.FAX: +-4-4-7-0-0-5-9-3-0-6-1-5TEL: +-4-4-7-0-2-4-0-9-1-0-6-1TEL: +-4-4-7-0-4-0-1-1-7-5-4-1E-mail: rsuk_fdm_martin_c_g_22@yahoo.co.uk Congratulations once again.N.B: All claims are nullified after 10 working days from today. Regards,Mr. Richard Cole Murphy Jr.ROYAL HOUSE UK.--------------------------------------------------------------If you have received this email, it mean you are one of the recent winners from our random lottery ballot system draws, however, if you feel you have been selected in error please visit the link below to unsubscribe from our selected winners list. http://eu-nationallot.s5.com/claimsdepart/unsubscrib.htmlNote: Please do not reply to this e- mail. Mail sent to this email address cannot be answered. For assistance, contact your claims Department. --------------------------------------------------------------
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