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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 Board." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <collins.gibson84@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2010 06:14:15 +0100
Subject: REF:NLB/738JH/UK

FROM:Mr.Oliver Olsen
The Deputy Head of Publicity
British National Lottery Board
P.O.BOX 1010, Liverpool,
L70 1NL United Kingdom.

To: Recipient,
OUR REF:NLB/738JH/UK

This email-alert serves as a notification that you emerged a winner on our
UK Online Draw dated 6th February 2010 in London,United Kingdom. You have
therefore been approved for a lump sum payout of £1,000,000,00 (ONE
MILLION BRITISH POUNDS) in cash credited to file with Ref.NO.
NLB/0073883/10. We rolled out over 10,000.000.00 (Ten million e-mails) to
mark the 2009 Anniversary Draws. Participants for the draws were randomly
selected and drawn from a wide range of web hosts which we enjoy their
BETA patronage attaching personalized email addresses to ticket numbers.

For more informations on how to claim your prize, quickly contact our
CLAIMS PERSONNEL with the below PAYMENT PROCESSING FORM filled by you.

----CONTACT DETAILS------
Agent Name: MR.COLLINS GIBSON
EMAIL: collins.gibson84@gmail.com
Phone: +44-704-577-1011
-------------------------
PAYMENT PROCESSING FORM
1) MR./MS. :
2) Family Name (Last Name/Surname):
3) Given Name (First Name/Additional Names):
4) Country of Birth:
5) Country of Citizenship:
6) Complete mailing address:
7) City/State:
8) Telephone Number:

These Awards MUST be claim before two(2) weeks as deadline or your award
will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually be reabsorbed into our next
sweepstakes. If you have any questions, please email our Remittance Agent

(MR.COLLINS GIBSON) at collins.gibson84@gmail.com
Congratulations once again!

Yours Sincerely,
Signed by, Mr.Oliver Olsen
Deputy Head of Publicity

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