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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: Sweepstake International <stakeintl25@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <mrbrowngates@sify.com>
Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2007 07:22:05 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!! You have just won the sum of $3.5M USD



Sweep Stake Lottery
An Affiliate of International Lottery organization.
14 Fox Rd, Suite 321.
London W4 3RW England


WINNING NOTIFICATION:

We happily announce to you the draw of the Sweep Stake Lottery International programs held on the 11th of October 2007 in London England.

The online cyber lotto draws were conducted from an exclusive list of 25,000,000 e-mail addresses of individual and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search from the Internet.

Your e-mail address attached to one million, nine hundred and seventy three thousand fifty-four pound sterling; an equivalent of US$3,500,000 and the following other details

Ticket number: 644 79543465 PEE001
Serial Number: 6395-408AWL
Batch Number: D51/10872004PDU
Lottery Reference Number: 63-76-90-27-14
Which subsequently won you the lottery in the 3rd category.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £1,973,054 (One Million, Nine hundred and seventy three thousand and fifty four pounds Sterling (Three Million five hundred thousand US Dollars only). This is from a total cash prize of £19.73054 Million pound sterling, shared amongst the first (10) lucky winners in this category.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet representative office in London as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your £1,973,054 (One Million Nine hundred and seventy three thousand point fifty-four pound sterling) that is equivalent to US$3,500, 000.00 (Three Million five hundred thousand US Dollars only) would be released to you by the Sweep Stake Lottery and our paying bank in London.

Our European agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him.

For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit.

This is part of our precautionary measure is to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by unscrupulous elements.
Please be advised! Sweep Stake Lottery shall in no way be deemed liable for any double claims that result through winner indiscretion.

To file for your claim, you are advised to Contact our Certified and Accredited claims agents for Category "C" winners.

Name: Brown Gates
Email: mrbrowngates1@yahoo.co.uk
Tel : +44 702 403 9087

Send a copy of the mail to

HEAD OF DEPARTMENT (VERIFICATION UNIT)

Name: Cindy Bells
Email: mrscindy_bells@yahoo.co.uk

With the followings details

1. Full Names
2. Residential Address
3. Telephone/Fax number:
4. Occupation
5. Sex
6. Age
7. Nationality
8. Present Country of Residence

We congratulate you once more and thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.

DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL.
CONTACT YOUR CLAIM AGENT BROWN GATES DIRECTLY.

Best Regards,

Carl Wilson
………………………………………………………………………………………………
Copyright (C) 1994-2007 The British National Sweep Stake Lottery Inc.
All rights reserved. Terms of Service – Guideline. This email may contain information, which is confidential and/or privileged. The information is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity named above. If you are not the intended recipient, be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents is prohibited. If you have received this electronic transmission in error, please notify the sender by telephone or return email and delete the material from your computer.




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