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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: "British Gambling Union" <vizag@hotelgreenpark.com>
Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2009 17:46:26 +0530
Subject: British Gambling Union


British Gambling Union
Tower 42, 25th Floor
25 Old Broad Street London
EC2N 1HQ.

Ref:ZA/144132/1211
Batch: 22/523009/LHINT

ATTENTION
RE/ AWARD NOTIFICATION

We wish to inform you of the lottery draws held on the 29TH of January
2009 to declare the winners of the UK GAMBLING COMMISSION. This lottery
scheme was created to bring awareness to the world, being that United
Kingdom is hosting the next Olympics in 2012. Yourself, attached to Ticket
number 356-00098-3211-222, with Serial number 818-09 drew the lucky
numbers 67-99-777963, and consequently won the lottery through a computer
ballot system and your email address was gotten through United Kingdom
Information Network Online(U.K.I.N.O) which is affiliated with the
internet.You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out in cash
credited to file REF NO:

This is from total prize money of =A320,000,000.00(Twenty Million Pounds
Sterling) shared among the five international winners in this category. All
participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
17,000 names from Australia, New Zealand, North America, South America,
Europe and Middle East and Asia as part of our International Promotions
Program, which is conducted monthly. To begin your claim process, please
contact your claims manager with details below and also provide him with
the requested information so hat he can Expedite the processing of your
claims.

Note all eligible winners will be paid through our payment centers in London/Spain

NAME:.........................................
COUNTRY:.........................................
ADDRESS:.........................................
CITY:.........................................
STATE/PROV:.........................................
ZIP/POSTAL/CODE:.........................................
CELL PHONE:.........................................
OCCUPATION & AGE:.........................................
EMAIL:.........................................
REFERENCE NUMBER:.........................................
BATCH NUMBER:.........................................

Rev. Tom Jones, CPA On-line Ltd. CPA House,London W6 0RX, (registered
no.2096020), Claims Verification Department. Email: [ukgames000@yahoo.com.hk]
Tel: +44703 195 7655, Fax: +44 870 471 9707.To avoid unnecessary
delays and complications, please quote your reference/batch numbers to any
correspondences with us or our designated agent.

Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this program.
Thank You for being part of our promotional lottery program.

Sincerely,
Mrs. Elizabeth Taylor


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