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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: Rev.Tom Jones <claimverdept209@gmail.com> (may be fake)
Date: 26 Nov 2010 10:28:45 +0100
Subject: From British Canadian National Lottery BC-49


From British Canadian National Lottery BC-49

Unit 5, Tiger Court, Kings Drive,

Kings Business Park, Prescot,

Knowsley, Liverpool, L34 1BH





Attention Winner,



We wish to inform you of the lottery draws held on the WED 24 of NOV

2010 to declare the winners of the British Canadian National Lottery. This

lottery scheme was held to bring awareness to the world, being that United

Kingdom is hosting the next Olympics in 2012.



You are therefore been approved the lump sum pay out in cash to the tune

of 1.000.000.00 (One Million British pounds Sterling))





Your winning numbers 07 08 12 21 30 33 20, and consequently won the

Lottery through a computer ballot system and your email address was gotten

through United Kingdom Information Network Online (U.K.I.N.O) which is affiliated

with the internet.



Winner. You can also confirm your winning numbers.

http://www.canada.com/life/lotteries/lottery_results.html



All email participants were selected through a computer ballot system

drawn from 15.000 EMAILS from Australia, New Zealand, North America, South

America, Europe and Middle East and Asia as part of our International

Promotions Program.



To begin your claim process, please contact your claims manager with

Details below and also provide him with the requested information so that

He can expedite the processing of your claims.



CLAIM FORM



NAME:

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COUNTRY:

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ADDRESS:

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CITY:

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STATE/PROV:

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ZIP/POSTAL/CODE:

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CELL PHONE:

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FAX NUMBER

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OCCUPATION:

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COMPANY:

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MARITAL STATUS:

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Gender:

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AGE:

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EMAIL:

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WINNING NUMBER:

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Rev. Tom Jones

Claims Manager

Foreign Claims Department,

Earlville Finance United Kingdom PTY

1212 Earlville House 1580 Ridge Circle Avenue

Manchester United Kingdom

EMAIL: claimverdept209@gmail.com

Tel: ++4470457 41626

Fax: +4470457 41620



To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your winning

numbers to any correspondences with us or our designated agent.



IMPORTANT NOTICE:



(a) Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later than Ten days

(10)After notice. After this date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed

Funds.



(b) Being one of the lucky winners, you constitute entrant's full and

unconditional agreement to the acceptance of our terms and conditions

claims to avoid any discrepancy in the cause of payment of your prize

awards winning.



(c) To avoid double claims, you are advised to keep your winning details

very confidential, as any discrepancies resulting from a breach of this

confidentiality on the part of the winners will be covered solely by such

winner as our staffs are bound by the oath of secrecy taken on employment.



Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this program.



Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.



Sincerely,



Mrs Elizabeth Taylor



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