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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: "Mr. Bradley Kent" <remittanceclaims@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2010 11:43:38 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: UK IRISH INTERNATIONAL ONLINE ROYAL RUMBLE LOTTERY DRAW

  

The National Uk/Irish Lottery
P.O. Box 1010
Liverpool L70 1NL. United Kingdom
(Customer service Notification Desk)
 
Attention: Email Account Holder,

We happily announce to you the draw (#1696) of the UK IRISH INTERNATIONAL ONLINE ROYAL RUMBLE LOTTERY DRAW, royal online rumble promotion held in London on 14th April , 2010. Your active e-mail address attached to the World Wide Web computer generated ticket number: BL650 4541 7533 with reference number UK/AJ5 6CTY-220P/09 and Serial number X61ZA265/3 ,Batch number ZA-666-RP,drew the lucky numbers: 01-06-24-27-54-87 Bonus 66.  This subsequently won you the lottery in the 1st category i.e. matches 6 lucky numbers Plus.
 
You have therefore been allocated to claim a total sum of £600,000.00 (Six Hundred Thousand British Pounds) in cash, credited to file UK RORP/C9060100308/09. This is from a total cash prize of £16,264,660
All World Wide Web valid email addresses used/participants for the royal online rumble email version were selected randomly via computer balloting from World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies affiliated to the National Lottery and are listed online.

Please note that you’re lucky winning ticket file and number falls within our European booklet representative office in Middlesex (UK) as indicated in your ballot played coupon. In view of this, your £600,000.00 would be released to you by our payment department. Our European agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him. Your prize award has been insured in your names and ready for claim.

To begin your claims therefore, you are advised on final notice and as a matter of urgency, to contact our licensed and accredited claim agent for overseas Lottery Winners for the processing of your prize awards winning and payment to your designated bank account after all statutory obligations have been concluded satisfactorily.

To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent and provide him with your winning email details remember to quote your reference numbers.

Mr. Bradley Kent
Remittance/Claims Manager
E-mail:bradleykent1@hotmail.com
Email:remittanceclaims@gmail.com
 
Here is the information required for the processing of your winning:

YOUR FULL NAMES:
COUNTRY,CITY,STATE:
COUNTRY OF RESIDENT:
OCCUPATION:
AGE:
SEX:
MOBILE TELEPHONE NUMBER:
OFFICE/HOME PHONE:

Due to mixed up in some numbers and names and for the purpose of confidentiality, be advised to keep this award notification as secret from public notice until your claim has been processed and your prize money remitted to your designated bank account as this is part of precautionary measures to avoid double claim or misuse of this program by some social miscreants. Hence, your prize award winning is confidential as our winners are at liberty to remain completely anonymous until payment is effected.

Congratulations once more from all members and staff of this program. Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.
Yours faithfully,
Mrs. Tracy Wood. Online Coordinator.
UK INTERNATIONAL IRISH LOTTERY.

 

  

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