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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: "Mark" <markforrester016@excite.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 17:25:36 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: CLAIMS PROCEDURE {FILL AND RETURN CLAIMS FORM}


CHARITIES LOTTERY PROMOTIONSHeadquarter,Regional Centre Charities Lottery, Furness Gate, Furness Business Park,Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria. LA14 2PEUnited Kingdom
CLAIMS PROCESSING VERIFICATION FORM
ATTENTION: PRIZE WINNEREmail:emestine.hoch_@germanmail.infoREF NO: CLP/ 24-FB-426253 BATCH: 42/450002/CLP
I am Mr. Mark Forrester the fiduciary agent assigned to your case. I wish to congratulate you on your emergence as winner. You are indeed lucky to have won this lottery. Your email address is amongst those chosen this quarter from our new Java-based software that randomly selects email addresses from the web from which winners are selected. You are required to forward the following details to help facilitate the processing of your claims and certificate which will employ the release of your winnings.

1. Full names:..................................
2. Sex:......................................... 3. Occupation:.................................. 4. Phone and Fax:...............................
5. Nationality:.................................
6. Present Location:............................
7. Age..........................................
It is expected that you would forward this information in the next 24hrs to enable us attend to your winnings. Once we confirm your information, your payments would be processed.

After you have sent down this information, a certificate will be prepared for you. This is to be your proof of winning. Be advised that your winnings would be paid to you in installments of £42,000.00 (Forty-Two Thousand Pounds). This is done because of the amount won by you; this money would be paid to you on monthly basis for the next ten (10) months. You are advised to keep your winning numbers secret to avoid unscrupulous elements from taking advantage of the situation.

Furthermore, payment of your lottery winnings would be made via the issuance of a certified Cheque delivered to you by our affiliate Delivery Agency. Once again, congratulations.

Mr. Mark Forrester
Tel:+44 70457 11680


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This email and its attachments are confidential and intended for the exclusive use of the addressee(s). This email and its attachments may also be privileged or protected by legal rules. If you have received this by mistake, please let us know by immediate reply and destruction of the email and its attachments without copying or forwarding the contents enclosed.
Copyright © 2007 Charities Lottery inc.



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