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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: Camelot UK Lotteries International Limited <camelotuk@axcest.com>
Reply-To: camellotinternational@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2015 13:41:14 -0400
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?b?Tm90aWZpY2F0aW9uLE5vdGlmaWNhY2nzbixCZW5hY2hyaWNodGlndW5n?=
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Camelot UK Lotteries International Limited
Head Office: Tolpits Lane, Watford, Herts WD18 9RN.

Camelot UK
International Limited 1st Private Email Lottery Promotion.

Congratulations Winner:

Ball number: 02 - 04 - 05 - 15 - 20 - 48
Bonus ball: 37

We The Board and Management of Camelot UK Lotteries International
Limited wishes to inform you The Results of the First Ever Private
E-mail Ballot Lottery International Program (PEBLIP) held on Sunday
9th August 2015. Your Email Account/Address among Twelve others have
been picked as winners to share the sum of £12,000,000 (12 MILLION
BRITISH POUNDS STERLING).

Each of The Twelve Lucky/Blessed Winners including you will receive
the sum of £1,000,000 (1 MILLION BRITISH POUNDS STERLING) Each. This
results is today released to You and Your Email Address attached in
the ADZ Category. All Email Addresses were selected through a computer
ballot system in which your email address among twelve others were
selected as the Lucky/Blessed winners.

We ask that you keep your Winning Information confidential/private
until your claims has been processed and Your Money Remitted to You.
This is part of security protocol to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants.

All participants were selected randomly from Email Providers Database
across the World through computer draw system and extracted from over
3,000,000,000 Emails from different Email Providers with their
Permission, nothing was done without the Permission of your Email
Provider.

To Request/Ask for the Transfer Process of Your Prize Money to Your
Personal or Business Account, Send Your Full Name and Present
Residential Address to the following Email Address:
edward.long@camellotinternationaluk.com

While sending the Email, be sure to quote Your Ball Number and Bonus
Number (B&B Number) which you can find above or below:

Ball number: 02 - 04 - 05 - 15 - 20 - 48
Bonus ball: 37

Or you can simply forward/send a copy of this Lottery Winning
Notification to the Email Address Above.

On Behalf of The Camelot Group of Companies which includes: Camelot UK
Lotteries International Limited (reg. no 2822203), Camelot Business
Solutions Limited (reg. no 07553982), Camelot Strategic Solutions
Limited (reg. no 07553980), Camelot Global Services Limited (reg. no
02822300), Camelot Commercial Services Limited (reg. no 06911097). All
of which are registered in England and Wales and have their Registered
Office at: Tolpits Lane, Watford, Herts WD18 9RN, we say
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR WINNING.

Regards.
Camelot UK Lotteries International Limited

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