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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: "London Olympic" <Olympic@info.com>
Reply-To: olympic2012claimsunit@aol.com
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2012 15:06:58 +0600 (BDT)
Subject: 2012 LONDON OLYMPIC PROMOTION PAYMENT RELEASE FORM (FILL AND
RETURN WITHOUT DELAY)




London 2012
One Churchill Place
Canary Wharf
London E14 5LN.
Mr. Alex Marsh
Tel: +447035932610
Email: olympic2012claimsunit@aol.com


My names is Mr. Alex Marsh. I am the London Olympic Cash Officer assigned
to winners from your region of the email sweepstakes.

As reflected in our email to you, this promo program has been on-line for
so many years to date. This years program has been designed to give out
lump sums to fewer individuals and corporate winners. Email address were
picked at random from different websites, search engines for the final
selection and winning.

Your email was picked by our automated computer ballot system, which has
been programmed for this random selection. This has eventually qualified
you for the lump sum jackpot of One million Six hundred and fifty thousand
pounds(£1,650,000.00) GBP. And all information concerning the facilitation
of your claim will commence as soon as you fill and submit the LONDON
OLYMPIC PAYMENT RELEASE FORM below.

Verification No.: ====ACI-919-EA====
File No.: ====7541/196/33710969====
1.FULL NAMES OF BENEFICIARY:
2.RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS:
3.DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH:
4.MOBILE NUMBER /FAX NUMBERS:
5. NAME AND ADDRESS OF NEXT OF KIN:
6.SEX:
7.OCCUPATION:
8.MARITAL STATUS:
9.NATIONALITY:
10.COUNTRY:
11. AMOUNT WON:

Indicate which option you prefer to receive your 2012 London Olympic prize:
1. Come to the Redemption center in United Kingdom ( )
2. On-line Bank Transfer ( )
3. Courier Delivery service ( )


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