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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: Guinness Online Promo <joao.felicio@unimontes.br>
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:30:05 +0000
Subject: Congratulations, Your Email Address Has Won The Online Promotion
2010



GUINNESS ONLINE PROMOTION 2010


RE:OFFICIAL PRIZE AWARD NOTICE.

DEAR WINNER,

THIS IS TO INFORM YOU THAT YOU HAVE WON A PRIZE MONEY OF One Million
Great British Pounds(£1,000,000.00) ON THE ON GOING GUINNESS STOUT INTERNET
AWARENESS PROMOTION 2010. ALL THE E-MAIL ADDRESSES OF THE
PARTICIPANTS LEGIBLE FOR THIS AWARD WERE SUBSCRIBERS FROM YAHOO, HOTMAIL
AND OTHER E-MAIL SERVICE PROVIDERS WORLDWIDE.

PLEASE CONTACT OUR APPROVED AGENT FOR YOUR REGION WITH YOUR WINNING NUMBER
AND YOUR FILLED CLAIMS VERIFICATION FORM BELOW.

WINNING NUMBER : (GUI45856CS89)
BALLOT NUMBER: (BN: 6220914657/HBZ-T)

CLAIMS VERIFICATION FORM.
FULL NAMES .
ADDRESS .
NATIONALITY .
COUNTRY .
TEL/FAX .
AGE/SEX .
MARITAL STATUS .
OCCUPATION .

PAYMENT OPTION

COURIER DELIVERY OF CERTIFIED WON PRICE TO YOUR GIVEN DESTINATION.


CONGRATULATIONS FROM ALL MEMBERS OF STAFF OF GUINNESS LOTTERY.

Mr. Richard Michaels
DIRECTOR; CLAIMS DEPARTMENT.
E-MAIL: guinnesshouse_online1@admin.in.th


NOTE: ALL CORRESPONDENCES SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO
guinnesshouse_online1@admin.in.th

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