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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: "Ronald Shunk" <rshunk@gettysburg.edu>
Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2008 21:20:55 -0400
Subject: RE: [Awaiting your response c082509]




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HERITAGE LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL
HEADQUARTERS UNITED KINGDOM.
P.O Box 1103 Denham Street,
39 Pendleton Place, Greenwich,
London, SE10 0RX8.


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GAMBLING BOARD OF GREAT BRITAIN
LICENSED. ONLINE BALLOT LOTTERY
(Registration 70339411).
REGISTERED UNDER THE DATA PROTECTION ACT.
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REF NO: RHLP/200-26937564-75600545-188
BATCH: 2005MJL-01
(No Ticket Sold)
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ELECTRONIC MAIL AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION. AWARD PRESENTATION CENTER:
UNITED KINGDOM

Dear Lucky winner:

We happily announce to you the draw of the ROYAL HERITAGE MEGA JACKPOT LOTTERY WINNINGS PROGRAMS held on the 28th May 2008 in London.
Therefore you do not need to buy ticket to enter for it your e-mail address attached to Reference number: RHLP/2006-26954564- 5600-188 with Serial number 76091 drew the lucky numbers: 19-6-26-13-2-7, which subsequently won you the lottery prize in the 3rd category.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of GBP£5,500,000.00 POUNDS (Five million five hundred thousand Great Britain pounds) in cash credited to file W2045/1108309/06. This is from a total cash prize of £24,500,000.00 POUNDS, shared among the five (5) international winners in this category of this year Lottery Program Jackpot as the 2nd largest ever for the European Lottery.

These funds are secured in an escrow account and ready to be disbursed,your own share of the winnings can be transferred from the escrow account to your personal or business account you will be subsequently instructed to open once you meet the requirements for the claims procedure when the funds release commence.

To verify our claim, The Escrow account details of the offshore account where the funds are presently domiciled is written below this email as to enable you verify the existence of these funds. Once you have verified you are in a position of receiving the funds now.

1. To verify, please call our bank Automated number which is : +44-700-580-7937
2. You would require to put your account pin code followed by # key
ACCOUNT PIN CODE: 20398 #
3. Account Number: 265963

The total winning amount can be confirmed from the steps above.Our agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds to you as soon as you make contact with him the funds will be transferred to you through a private offshore bank who is one of our sponsors.

All participants were selected randomly (Electronically Generated) from the 'World Wide Web' site through a computer ballot system and extracted from over 100,000 company addresses. This promotion takes place monthly.

For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information's confidential till your claim is processed and your money transferred to your designated bank account of your choice. This is a part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements. Please be warned.

ELIGIBILITY:
This promotion is offered electronically via the Internet and is open to all persons from age 18 years and above with a valid email address.
Principals and employees of the Royal Heritage Lottery International and its respective Parents, subsidiaries and their immediate families are not eligible to partake in his promotion.

CLAIMS PROCEDURES:
It is our standard practice to allocate our operation manager for the processing of claims application. It is even more imperative for oversea winners. To begin your claims therefore, you are advised as a matter of urgency, you are to contact the under listed officer by email for processing and remittance of your prize money to you. Your assigned claims operation manager contact informational is:

Name: Brrister Paul Lockett.
Email: paul.lockett@7bellyard.com
Tel:. + 44 703 940 0384

Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later than the 28th of july 2008. All funds not Claimed on or before the fixed date will be penalized accordingly. Do email the above email addresses from now on, you are to contact your assigned claims officer.

Our winners are assured of the utmost standards of confidentiality, and press anonymity until the end of proceedings, and beyond where they so desire. Be further advised to maintain the strictest level of confidentiality until the end of proceedings to circumvent problems associated with fraudulent claims. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Yours, Truly
Ronald Shunk


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