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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" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <claims.simonrussell@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2014 17:02:51 -0000
Subject: CLAIMS

BRITISH NATIONAL LOTTERY ONLINE GAME 2014
The Marina Offices, St Peters Yacht Basin,
Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 1HX
England
(Customer Services)


This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of Five HundredThousand Pounds Sterlings (500,000,000) for the new month bonanza of 1st August 2014 Lottery promotion which organize by British National Lottery collects all the email addresses from different email provider all over the world,among the millions that subscribed to Yahoo and other email provider we only select 15 people every Month as our winners through electronic balloting System without the winner applying,we congratulate you for being one of the people selected.

PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM

You are to contact your Claims Agent on or before your date of Claim, Winners Shall be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement Center.British National Lottery Prize must be claimed no later than 8 days from date of Draw Notification after the Draw date in which Prize has won. Any prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited.

You are therefore advised to send the following
information to Fiduciary Claims Agent.

Mr.Simmon Russells
REMITTANCE DIRECTOR
British National Lottery
E-mail:claims.simonrussell@gmail.com

1. Full name
2. Country
3. Contact Address
4. Telephone Number
5. Marital Status
6. Occupation
7. Company
8. Age
9. Nationality
10.Sex

For security reasons, you are advised to keep
your winning informations confidential till your claim is
processed and your money remitted to you.

Sincerely,
Mrs Helena Benjamin.
Zonal Coordinator

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