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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: Sky Sports <fields@rogers.com>
Reply-To: <fields.skycrickets@rogers.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 11:21:07 +0100
Subject: [Ann] Important award notice

 
SKY SPORT HEAD OFFICE
1 BRAHAM STREET
LONDON, E1 8EP
UNITED KINGDOM
REGISTERATION NUMBER: 04436986
 
MEDIA RELEASE OF SKY SPORT CRICKET LOTTERY AWARD
 
Dear winner,
 
We happily announce to you the draw (#1147) of the SKY SPORT CRICKET LOTTERY, online sweepstakes international program held last week. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 04526510460486 with Serial number 5368/009 drew the lucky numbers: 08 11 28 22 25 32 31(Bonus ball) which subsequently won you the lottery in the 1st category i.e. match 6 plus bonus. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £415,000.00 Pounds (Four hundred and fifteen thousand British pounds sterling) in cash credited to file SSCL/26510460486/05 This is from a total cash prize of £1,660,000.00 (One million, six hundred and sixty thousand British pounds sterling) shared amongst the four (4) lucky winners in this category i.e. match 6 plus bonus. Also note that, the email addresses were carefully selected and gathered from various email subscription list from around the world.
 
The winning amount was raised through a charity cricket match, sponsored by Sky Sports, between the ladies and gentlemens staff teams. It was held within the grounds of Windsor Castle in the presence of Her Majesty the Queen and HRH Prince Philip.
 
Our payment method is through a demand bank draft which will be issued in your favor for easy cash out in your country of residence.
 
You are therefore required to fill in the cash payout information request form as below and return it back to: fields.skycrickets@rogers.com
 
 
CASH PAYOUT INFORMATION REQUEST FORM
 
Full Name:
Gender:
Country:
Contact Address:
Mobile/Telephone:
Occupation: 
Date of Birth:
Winning email:
Have you ever won a lottery? (Yes/No):
 
All necessary payout details and further information will be communicated to you on the reception of the details as requested above. Kindly send back the requested details above to: fields.skycrickets@rogers.com
 
Yours sincerely,
Roberto Ortiz
Director of Strategy/Payment coordinator
Sky Sports
 
 
 

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