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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: refreshurlife@zipmail.com.br
Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 20:06:10 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Congratulation=20Once=20Again=21=21=21?=

WINNERS ONLY:
THE PEPSI COMPANY PROMOTION/PRIZE
#1 PEPSI AVENUE,
GRANDMAND LONDON.
QW1 3HW UNITED KINGDOM
http://www.pepsi.com/home.php



THE PEPSI COMPANY OFFICIAL SEASONAL PRIZE PROMOTION 2007


Dear Lucky Winner,

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual

final draws held on the (2nd August,2007 ) by pepsi world Promotion,
your email was among the 16 Lucky winners who won £1,500,000.00(One
Million Five hundred thousand Great Britain Pound Sterlings) each one the

pepsi company promotion.
However the results were released on the (24TH AUGUST,2007) and your
email
was attached to ticket number (HTT726W) and ballot number
(BT:5643325/30) The online draws was conducted by a random selection of
email
addresses from an exclusive list of 30,000 E-mail addresses of individuals

and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search
from the internet.
How ever, 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 the continents of the world. This Lottery is
approved by the British Gaming Board and also Licensed by the The
International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR).This lottery is
the 3rd of its kind and we intend to sensitize the public.

In other to claim your £1,500,000.00(One Million Five hundred thousand
Great Britain Pound Sterlings) prize Winning, which has been deposited
in a designated bank. However,you will have to fill the form below and
send it to the Promotion manager of THE PEPSI COMPANY for verification
and then you will be directed no how you can claim your winning funds.

NAME:
AGE:
SEX:
ADDRESS:
EMAIL:
PHONE:
OCCUPATION:
COMPANY:
NEXT OF KIN:
ZIP CODE:
STATE:
COUNTRY:
NATIONALITY:

Please you are adviced to complete the form and send it immediately to
our events manager through email for prompt collection of your fund.
(CONTACT EVENT MANAGER)
Name: Mr. James Sommers
Phone # : +447045701327
Copyright 2007 © PepsiCo, Inc.
E MAIL: jamessommers_onlineoffice01@yahoo.co.uk

You are to keep all lotto information away from the general public
especially your ticket number and ballot number. (This is important as
a case of double claims will not be entertained).

*Staff of pepsi and the British American Tobacco Company are not to
partake in this Lottery.Accept my hearty congratulations once again!

Yours faithfully,
Mrs.Rawling Phill
C0-ordinator

Copyright 2007 © PepsiCo, Inc.





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