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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: INTERNATIONAL ICC CRICKET PROMOTIONS 2013 WINNING NUMBERS
<freeicccricket@outlook.com> (may be fake)
Date: Wed, 05 Jun 2013 08:13:08 +0100
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS LUCKY WINNER






INTERNATIONAL ICC CRICKET PROMOTIONS 2013 WINNING NUMBERS::88-12-45-98-56
IDENTIFICATION CODE:TY/20
2 Lansodowne Row,berkeley Square,London,
W1j,6h United Kingdom,ENGLAND
INTERNATIONAL CRICKET (2013) PRAOMOTION AWARD

DEAR SIR/MADAM,

THIS LETTER IS TO OFFICIALLY INFORM YOU THAT YOU HAVE EMERGED AS A
WINNER IN THE
GIFTS SECTION OF THIS YEAR?S EDITION OF INTERNATIONAL CRICKET COUNCIL
PROMOTIONS. THIS PROGRAM IS CARRIED-OUT EVERY FOUR YEARS USING OUR DATA BASE
CONTAINING E-MAIL ADDRESSES OF CURRENT INTERNET USERS SUPPLIED BY YAHOO,
HOTMAIL, MAIL.RU , LYCOS, TERRA-MAIL, WEED-MAIL,

JUSTICE MAIL, REDIFFMAIL,G MAIL,YAHOO.CO.IN, ETC.

e-mail addresses of individuals from South Africa, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, West
Indies, Australia, New Zealand, England and India. No tickets were sold. THE
MODE OF

WINNERS SELECTION IS THE ELECTRONIC MAIL BALLOT SYSTEM. YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS
OBTAINED A RAFFLE TICKET ON THE BASIS OF CURRENT INTERNET USE, AND
PROCEEDED TO
THE FINAL DRAWS ALONGSIDE 850,000 OTHER E-MAIL ADDRESSES. IT
EVENTUALLY EMERGED
AS ONE OF THE TEN (500) WINNERS IN THE 2012 GRAND FINALE DRAWS
CONDUCTED AT OUR
HEADQUARTERS IN JAPAN. SEQUEL TO THIS, YOU HAVE WON A BRAND NEW CAMRY SOLAR A
WORTH ?850,000. GBP IN UK CURRENCY (PICTURE APPEARS BELOW}

This correspondence officially confirms that we are aware of your e-mail
regarding the award winning prize value of Eight Hundred and Fifty Thousand
great British pounds [?850,000 GBP]won in just concluded
INTERNATIONAL CRICKET
PROMOTIONS AWARD held here in UNITED KINGDOM ENGLAND.

The board of trustee of INTERNATIONAL CRICKET COUNCIL collects 375,000 e-mail
address from all the mail network services in all over Asian and Europe
countries and over twenty million e-mail address participated in this award
promotion and seven persons from seven different countries were selected to
benefit from this INTERNATIONAL CRICKET PROMOTIONS and you are one of the
Selected lucky Winner.

You are to fill and submit the Verification form below, the mode in which you
want to receive your winning amount, for us to verify your option and assign
your amount to the particular option and this process will not take
more than 2
to 5 working days to enable you receive your winning amount without much delay

1. PERSONAL PRESENTATION

2. VIA DIPLOMATIC COURIER SERVICE.

In this method of courier service means, the courier company will be coming to
your residence address to handover your winning amount to you through a
diplomatic agent.

TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE, COPY THE BOX BELOW AND SUPPLY
THE INFORMATION NEEDED AND SEND IT TO:
MRS,LIZA WILSON FBN MERCHANT BANK UK
EMAIL:freeicccricket@outlook.com
TEL:( +44 70100356486

Personal Information;

NAME:
................................................................................
.....

PHONE NUMBER:
.............................................................................

CONTACT ADDRESS:
..........................................................................

COUNTRY:
................................................................................
..

CITY:
................................................................................
.....

STATE:
................................................................................
....

SEX:
................................................................................
......

AGE:
................................................................................
......

OCCUPATION:.....................................................................
...........

WINNING EMAIL ADDRESS:
.....................................................................


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