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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: "THE INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrraymondblake@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2014 08:10:22 -0500
Subject: RE/ AWARD NOTIFICATION

THE INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY
PO BOX 1011
LIVERPOOL, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM.
 
 
 
FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONAL MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
REF:EKS255125600304 AND BATCH NO: 54/1017/IDL.
 
 
ATTENTION: Sir/Madam,
 
 
RE/ AWARD NOTIFICATION
 
 
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today, 20th of Feb 2014, of winners of THE INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY PROGRAMS held on 20TH of Februray 2014 as part of our first quater of the year bonanza.
 
 
You or your company, attached to ticket number 034-1416-4612-750, with serial number 6521-11 drew the lucky numbers 31-51-22-24-39-43, and consequently won the lottery in category C.
 
 
You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of £950,000.00 GBP in cash credited to file REF NUM: EKS255125600304 . This is from the total prize cash of £16,800,000.00 GBP shared among 17 winners
in this category. All participants were selected through our email address was selected by our Electronic Random Selection System (ERSS) from an exclusive list of 800,000 e-mails,names from Middle East, Asia, Africa, Canada, Europe and North America and Oceania as part of our International Promotions Program, which is conducted annually.
 
 
CONGRATULATIONS!
 
 
Your fund is now deposited with EQUITY INVESTMENT LIMITED, a security, House insured in your name. Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this award strictly from public notice until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to your account. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of this program.
 
 
We hope with a part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year high stakes US$1.3 billion International Lottery.
 
 
To begin your claim, please contact your claims agent;
 
 
MR RAYMOND BLAKE
EQUITY INVESTMENT LIMITED LONDON,
TEL: +447087622447
EMAIL: mrraymondb@yahoo.com.hk
 
 
TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE, COPY THE BOX ABOVE AND SUPPLY THE INFORMATION NEEDED AND SEND IT TO:
 
 
Full Names:
Contact Address:
Occupation:
Age:
Sex:
Telephone:
Fax number:
Nationality:
Ref Num:
 
 
Remember, you must contact your claim agent not later than 3rd of March 2014. After this date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed. All correspondences to MR. MICHAEL MASON, either by fax or email, should have this EMAIL sent along with it and also, your FULL ADDRESS, YOUR COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE and your EMAIL ADDRESS to which this email is sent, should be clearly and BOLDLY WRITTEN IN YOUR RESPONSE with your claims agent.
 
 
NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in every one of your correspondences with your agent. Furthermore, should there be any change of your address, do inform your claims agent as soon as possible.
 
 
Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our promotions program.
 
 
Sincerely,
 
 
SHIRLEY JENSEN.
THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
THE INTERNATIONAL LOTTO uk.
 
N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to disqualification. Please do not reply to this mail. Contact your claim agent

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