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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: "Robert" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <robert_nguyen@ibibo.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2012 14:05:10 +0800
Subject: GOOD DAY

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHY SOCIETY
SHEPHERDS BUILDINGS EAST,
RICHMOND WAY - LONDON
W14 0DQ - UNITED KINGDOM.

Winning No: NGS/877/798/2012
Email Ref No: NGS/699/33/2012
Notification Date: 06/01/2012
This notification email is to inform you that you have won the sum of 500,000.00GBP {Five Hundred Thousand Great British Pounds} in this new year edition which is organized by the National Geographic International, UNITED KINGDOM.

HOW YOU WON
We collect email addresses of people that are active online, among the Billions that are subscribed to email addresses worldwide, such as, AOL, Hotmail, Optusnet, Bigpond, Yahoo, Gmail, Google and including private domain users and also being a Microsoft user, your email qualify you in entering the draw. Ten email addresses are been selected in every quarter of the year through an electronic balloting system without the winners applying or purchasing ticket for this draw.

The National Geographic International Lucky draw is proudly sponsored by The Royal Family, Microsoft Corporation©, the Intel Group©, Toshiba©, Dell computers©, Mackintosh© and a conglomeration of other international IT companies. We are proud to say that over $200,000.000.00 (Two Hundred Million United States Dollars) are won annually in more than 150 countries worldwide.

PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM
You are to contact your Claims Agent with immediate effect to facilitate the protocol of your winning prize before the date of Claim, Winners Shall be paid in accordance with his/her location. Prize must be claimed not later than 15 days from date of Draw Notification after the Draw date in which Prize has won. Any prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited. To begin your claim please contact our licensed and accredited agent assigned to you.

[VERIFICATION DEPARTMENT MANAGER]
Name: Mr. Robert Nguyen
Email : mr.robert_nguyen
Phone : +44 7031824573

Do email the above Claims Administrator, with the claims requirements below. To avoid unnecessary delay, they are needed to proceed.

Full Names: ___________________________________________
Sex: _________________________________________________
Date of Birth: __________________________________________
Marital Status: _________________________________________
Occupation: ___________________________________________
Address: ______________________________________________
City: _________________________________________________
Country Of Residence: ___________________________________
Nationality: ____________________________________________
Telephone Number(s): ___________________________________
Fax: __________________________________________________

MODE OF PAYMENT
(i) Bank Transfer
(ii) Delivery of Cheque of 500,000.00GBP by a registered courier company.

Note: National Geographic International Lottery prize must be claim not later than 15 days from date of Draw Notification after the Draw date in which Prize has won. Any prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited.

Congratulations! Congratulations!! Congratulations!!!

Sincerely,

Robert Nguyen
National Geographic Corporation.

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