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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: SKODA Programs & Events Department <kplusk@iol.cz>
Reply-To: info.sipclaimsdet@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 01:13:28 GMT
Subject:




SKODA MOTORS WORLDWIDE LTD=2E
SKODA Programs =26 Events Department
SKODA Motors
P=2EO=2E Box 100
London
L71 E20

WINNING NOTIFICATION

We are officially announcing to you the result of SKODA Motors Email Lot=
tery
Promotion held on the 4th Febuary 2009 as part of our programs to Launch=

our new office that was commissioned on 30th of January 2009 in Manchest=
er
United Kingdom=2E Your email was attached to ticket number SKODA-UK77S02=
4477
with draw number S10N44 which consequently won you in the 2nd category p=
rize=2C
your email address was extracted from our electronic email extraction wh=
ich
randomly selected Forty Five (45) Lucky Winners of which your email addr=
ess
was among one of the lucky winner=2E You have therefore been approved fo=
r a
payout of a total sum =A3750=2C000 GBP (SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND=
BRITISH
POUND STERLINGS)=2E

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

We also advise that you keep your winning information very confidential =
as
our security policy demands to avoid double claims/impersonation and
unwarranted abuse of this program by some individuals=2E The selection p=
rocess
was carried our through our computerized Email Selection System (ESS) wh=
ich
selects email from a database of over 600=2C000 email address was drawn =
from
all over the continents of the World=2E This promotions being the first =
of its
kind will now take place annually and we hope you will also take part in=
our
next year One Million Pound Sterlings International Lottery Game=2E To f=
ile
your claim=2C you are to contact our Customer Service unit authorized to=

conduct the necessary Verification to enable you receive your Cash Prize=
=2E
(You will receive more email upon acknowledgement of this email)=2E

Customer Service Unit =3A

CONTACT PERSON

Mr=2E Jim Woo Lee
+44-703-190-7688
Email=3A info=2Esipclaimsdet=40yahoo=2Ecom=2Ehk
20 Queens land Road=2C London
SW2 3JB ENGLAND=2E U=2EK

You to contact the claims agents assigned for your claims above=2C and a=
lso
send an email to him=2C you are to provide to your agent the below under=
listed
information as soon as possible=3A

1=2E NAME IN FULL=3A
2=2E ADDRESS (IN FULL)=3A
3=2E NATIONALITY=3A
4=2E AGE=3A
5=2E SEX
6=2E OCCUPATION (POSITION HELD)=3A
7=2E HOME PHONE =26 MOBILE NUMBER=3A

This program is promoted and sponsored by Frontline group and SKODA
Worldwide=3B we intend to use this medium to help individuals generate
fortunes=2C which would encourage them to expand their business frontier=
s
thereby creating more opportunities and assisting with humanitarian Conc=
erns
within their immediate environment=2E All winning must be claimed not la=
ter
than one Week of Acknowledgment=2E After this date all unclaimed funds w=
ill be
returned to SKODA Motors Treasury as Unclaimed=2E

Furthermore=2C should there be any change of address do inform us as soo=
n as
possible=2E

Congratulations again from all our staff=2E

N=2EB=3A Anybody under the age of 16 is not eligible to participate in t=
his
program=2E

Yours in service=2C
Mr Yap Yoon Soon
(Programs =26 Events)=2E

Material Copyright =A9 2008 The SKODA Co=2E Ltd

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