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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: British National Lottery <infomail035@singnet.com.sg>
Reply-To: bnl.claimsprocessingdept@live.co.uk
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:28:51 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: Congratulation ***Redeem Your Prize***

The British National Lottery
P O Box 10103b Liverpool,
L30 1RD United Kingdom
Ref: UK/9420X/05
Batch: 074/05/ZY369

FINAL NOTIFICATION

We wish to congratulate and inform you on
the selection of your cash prize
£1,000,000.00 (British Pounds) in the
British National Lottery Online Promotion
Program held on the 4th November 2009. The
selection of your e-mail address process was
carried out through random selection in Our
computerized email selection system (ESS)
from a database of over 250,000 email
addresses drawn from which you were
selected. And your e-mail address attached
to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with
Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky
numbers: 05, 06, 17, 20, 28, 42 (Bonus
33),which subsequently won you the Lottery
in the 1st category i.e match 5 plus bonus.

You have therefore been approved to claim a
total sum of £ 1,000,000.00 (One Million
Pounds) in cash credited to file KTU/
9023118308/03.This is from a total cash
prize of £ 4,000,000.00 (Four Million
Pounds) ,shared among the (4)lucky winners
in this category i.e. Match 6 plus
bonus.Please contact your fiduciary Agent
Mr. Greg Peterson immediately with the feed
Verification/Fund Release Form Below:

Verification/Fund Release

1. Full Name:
2. Full Address:
3. Marital Status:
4. Occupation:
5. Age:
6. Sex:
7. Nationality:
8. Country of Residence:
9. Telephone Number:

Name : Mr. Greg Peterson
Telephone: +44 704-571-0545
Email: bnl.claimsprocessingdept@live.co.uk

Regards,
Mrs. May Ross.
Chief Co-ordinator

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