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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: uk promo <customercaredpt_11@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <hilarycole_ff1@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 05:39:22 -0600
Subject: CONGRATULATION !! You just emmerged a winner.



The Camelot Group,:Operators of The National Lottery.
3b Olympic Way, Sefton Business Park,Aintree, Liverpool , L30 1RD
REF Nº: UKL/941OYI/02/07
BATCH Nº: 2007/UKL/0011
Dear Lucky Winner, RE: ANNUAL LOTTERY PROMOTION PRIZE AWARDS WINNING NOTIFICATION We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual year final draws of the CAMELOT GROOUP OF UK LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM. The online Cyber Lotto Email draws was conducted by a random selection of email addresses from an exclusive list of 1,000,000 E-mail addresses of individuals and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search from over 1000 popular domains including Companies, private and public enterprising domains. However, no tickets were sold but all email addresses were assigned to different ticket numbers for representation and privacy. After this automated computer ballot, your e-mail address emerged as one of the twelve winners in the first category with the following data Ref Number: UKL/941OYI/02/07Batch Number: 2007/UKL/0011
Ticket Number: 0117469
Lucky Numbers: You as well as the other winners are therefore to receive a cash prize of £ 274,363.00 (TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY FOUR THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY THREE GREAT BRITAIN POUNDS ONLY) each from the total payout. Your prize award has been insured with your e-mail address and will be transferred to you upon meeting the requirements, statutory obligations, verifications, validations and satisfactory report. To begin the claims processing of your prize winnings you are advised to contact our licensed and accredited Financial Solicitor/Logistics Company for first category winners with the information below: Mr. Hillary Cole, Foreign Services Manager, Payment and Release Order Dept.Company: Camelot Group Commission
Tel No: +44 - 703-190-4449 Fax No: +44 -709-288-6550
EMAIL Address : hilarycole_ff1@yahoo.com

You are to acknowledge the receipt of this mail by sending the underlisted information to our accredited Logistics Company via email above

1. Full name and address. 2. Country. 3. Tel and fax number. 4. Occupation. 5. Your age and Sex

NOTE: All winnings must be claimed within 20 days from today. After this date all unclaimed funds would be included in the next year stake. Remember to quote your reference information in all correspondence with the Payment and Release Order Department of Camelot Group Commission. You are to keep all lotto 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 not allowed to participate in this program.
Thank you and congratulations!!!

Yours faithfully,
Mrs. Sandra Spendol
Coordinator

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Mrs. Sandra Spendol ( Co-ordinator), Dr. P. Swier, Mr. Gerald Goodman (Manager Foreign Operations), Mr. Franklyn Van Der Weijden (Manager Domestic Banking Operations), Dr. James Williams (Director International Credit Department), Mrs. Sandra Murphy (Executive), Mr. Michael Cole (Executive), Mr. Stephen Boer (Chairman)..

Copyright 2007 UK Lottery International
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