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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: "UK" <mail@virgin.ca>
Reply-To: mailnetcommunications@london.com
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2010 01:14:50 -0000 (GMT)
Subject: Virgins Net-communication Center

UK Virgins Atlantic Communications
20 Broadwick Street - Soho London - W1F 8HT ,
United Kingdom.


Congratulation,


Your email address has just won you the sum of £120.000 Great Britain
Pound on the on going Virgins Atlantic Promotion UK In line with the
commemorating event marking our 25th anniversary we rolled out over
£16,000.000.00 (Sixteen Million Great Britain Pounds) for our 142nd
Anniversary Draws.All participants were selected through a computer ballot
system drawn form 25,000 company e-mail addresses, and 30,000,00
individual e-mail addresses from the 45 networks fromAustralia,NewZealand,
North America,South America,Europe,Asia and Africa as part of
International Promotions Program, which is conducted annuallyin
London,Britain.To begin the verification process of your prize,you are
required to contact our Claims Department.For claims:

***************************************
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Virgins Net-communication Center
Contact Person: Dr. Bernadette Fallon
Tel: +44-(0)704-572 1686
Fax1:+44-(0)871-503 5565
Fax2:+44-(0)871-503 3859
Fax3:+44-(0)871-503 4653
Fax4:+44-(0)871-503 8425
Fax5:+44-(0)871-503 8427
Fax6:+44-(0)871-503 8428
Email:mailnetcommunications@london.com
-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-
***************************************

Note: Immediately your reply to this office be concern to check your
e-mail within the next 30 minutes time for FeedBack.This promotion is the
1st of its kind and we intend to sensitize the public.

Best Regards.

Mrs. Donna Scottish
Director of Promotion
UK VIRGINS ATLANTIC 2010.


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