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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: "Read Carefully" <barrywatson62@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2011 14:03:22 +0100 (CET)
Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?Result:_You=E2=80=99ve_won_=C2=A3375,000.00G?=
=?UTF-8?Q?BP_(=E2=82=AC448,000.00EUR)_from_Austria?=

 

PROMOTION AWARD WINNER - 2011

 

 


Dear Selected Winner,

 

Congratulations, you are among the two lucky winners that won four Hundred and forty eight  thousand Euros (€448,000.00EUR = £375,000.00GBP) each in the just concluded draw held on Saturday March 05, 2011 to promote the upcoming LEBARA WIRELESS to Austria sponsored by the Wireless Industry Research Conglomerate.

 

This email is sent to notify you officially about the award and to advise you to contact the processing office immediately for your prize award claim.

 

For Prize Claim:

Call Samuel Taylor on 00 44 753 6768 906 OR  Email: samutaylor@qq.com

 

- And also provide the following listed below via email samutaylor@qq.com for the processing of your award prize money. 

 

*(1) Full Name: -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

*(2) Full Postal Address: -----------------------------------------------*Zip Code: -------

*(3) Nationality: -------------------------------------*(4) Age: --------

*(5) Occupation: ---------------------------------*(6) Phone/Fax:--------------------------------

*(7) Your alternative email address:-------------------------------------------

 

Reference Numbers attached to the Winning Email Address:

*Promotion Code: Y77-6711-LABW-AUS -375

*Unique Reference Number:   0945-YYTU-9Y75

(Please quote your Unique Reference Number in any correspondences with your designated agent).

 

Congratulations once again from our staffs and management.

 

 

Mr. Barry Watson

Promotion Coordinator

Admin Team


reply to email: samutaylor@qq.com

phone: 00 44 753 6768 906

contact claim agent: Mr. Samuel Taylor

OFFICIAL USE ONLY

Winner’s email address withheld for security reasons

Draw Date: 05:03:2011

 


 


 

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