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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: "Promotions Department" <pluslotto7117@mailbox.hu>
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:01:03 +0100
Subject: PROMOTIONS DEPARTMENT

FROM: PROMOTIONS DEPARTMENT OF PLUS NATIONAL LOTTERY,WINNING NOTICE FOR
SILVER STAKE WINNER- REF. No.- PNL/051/652659967/UK

Attention:


Plus National Lottery has just concluded its final draws of it's periodical
promotional program.An exclusive list of email addresses of thousands of
individual and corporate bodies were picked by automated random computer
search from the internet.No tickets were sold.Your email address emerged as
one of seven(7) winners in the silver stakes category as email addresses
were soughted,from a total number of 75,000 addresses drawn from all over
the globe.

After an automated computer ballot of our International Promotions Program,
only SEVEN winners emerged in this category and therefore each are to
receive payouts of ¤1,800,000.00 from the total of ¤12,600,000.00 (TWELVE
MILLION,SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND EUROS).However,every email address selected was
accompanied by a reference and ticket number, after the cyber lotto
selection, the below ticket and reference numbers emerged as one of the
lucky winners in the above category.CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Reference number for your prize is:Ref. No.-PNL/051/652659967/UK
Ticket No.-PNL87867UK

For your prize claim processing, we have employed the service of an
international Trust firm. They are to handle the transfer of your cash prize
of ¤1,800,000.00 in line with our procedures and upon your
directions. Your prize has been insured to its full value with your email
address and will be transferred to you under their professional service.To
immediately initiate the processing of your prize claim, please contact our
financial handlers Corporate Finance & Securities,below are the
contact information of their FINANCIAL DIRECTOR;

Mr.Scott Hales
Financial Director
Corporate Finance & Securities Company,
United Kingdom.
Email:corporatefinnsec@live.com <Email%3Acorporatefinnsec@live.com>
Tel:+44-702-408-2474
Fax:+44-870-135-5854

In your best interest(s), you must initiate contact within One week of
receipt of this correspondence,Corporate Finance & Securities Company are to
handle all matters with regards to claiming of your prize money.You are also
advised to send a copy of this email,to your claims agent Mr.Scott Hales,
when contacting him.You may be required to provide any of the above
information during the process of collecting your prize.

We congratulate you once again and it is our hope that you participate in
any of our international programs in the nearest future and we will
appreciate your assistance in helping us maintain the integrity of the
entire Plus National Lottery.

Thank you and CONGRATULATIONS!!!


Sincerely,

Jennifer Smith
Promotions Manager
Plus National Lottery,
United Kingdom.

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