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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: "PEPSI BOTTLING COMPANY PLC" <promo@pepsi.co.uk>
Reply-To: pepsifrancessdave@hotmail.com
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2009 08:11:32 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!! YOU HAVE WON PEPSI PROMOTIONS 2009




PEPSI PROMOTIONS 2009.

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just
concluded annual final draws held on August 29th,2009 PEPSI Company
Worldwide Promotion, your email was among the 9 Lucky winners who
won £250.000.00POUNDS each on the PEPSI Company.

However the results were released on September 13th, 2009
and your email was attached to ticket number (PSPPR2009) and ballot number
(BN:225182008/20) The online draws was conducted by a random selection of
email addresses from an exclusive list of 29,031 E-mail addresses of
individuals and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random
computer search from the internet. However, no tickets were sold but all
email addresses were assigned to different ticket numbers for representation
and privacy.

The selection process was carried out through random
selection in ourcomputerized email selection machine (TOPAZ) from a database
of over 290,000 email addresses drawn from all the continents of the
world.

This Lottery is approved by the British Gaming Board and
also Licensed by the The International Association of Gaming Regulators
(IAGR).This lottery is the 3rd of its kind and we intend to sensitize the
public.

In other to claim your £250,000.00POUNDS prize winning,
which has been deposited in a designated bank. However,you will have to
fill the form below and send it to the Promotion manager of The PEPSI
Company for verification and then you will be directed to the bank where
a cheque of£250,000.00POUNDS has already been deposited in your
favour.

NAME:......................................
AGE:......................................
SEX:.......................................
ADDRESS:...............................
EMAIL:....................................
TEL:..................................
MOBILE PHONE:...................
OCCUPATION:..........................
COMPANY:............................
COUNTRY:................................

Please you are advised to complete the form and send it
immediately to our Promotion manager through email or fax for prompt
collection of your fund from the designated bank.

(CONTACT PROMOTION MANAGER)

Name: Mrs. FRANCESS DAVE

Phone # : +447011150911 +4407024015829

E MAIL: pepsifrancessdave@hotmail.com


You are to keep all lotto information away from the general
public especially your ticket number and ballot number.. (This is
important as a case of double claims will not be entertained)..

*Staff of PEPSI Company are not to partake in this Lottery
PLEASE BE WARNED*

Accept my hearty congratulations once again!

Yours faithfully,
Mrs. Daisy Louis



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