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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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Fraud email example:

From: laura <laura_banks01@yahoo.co.uk> (may be fake)
Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 22:00:59 -0500
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION



BRITISH LOTTERY HEADQUARTERS:
Customer Service
an Affiliate of THE ROCKEFELLER
FOUNDATION
28 TANFIELD ROAD,
CROYDON.LONDON

Ref:BTL/4910X1/04
Batch: 12/25/0340


WINNING NOTIFICATION:

We happily announce to you the draw of the BRITISH
Sweepstake
Lottery International programs held on the 1st of
April 2004 in London.Your
e-mail address attached to ticket number:
69475600545-721 with Serial
number
8867/04 drew the lucky numbers: 31-6-26-13-35-7,which
subsequently won you
the lottery in the 2nd category.You are therefore,
been approved to claim
a total sum of US$2,500,000.00 (Two million, five
hundred thousand, United
StatesDollars) in cash credited to file
KPC/9080118308/02.This is from a
total cash prize of US $125 Million dollars, shared
amongst the first Fifty
(50) lucky winners in this category.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls
within our European booklet
representative office in Europe as indicated in our
play coupon. In view
of this, your US$2,500,000.00 (Two million, five
hundred thousand,United
States Dollars) would be released to you by our
affiliate bank in London.Our
agent will immediately commence the process to
facilitate the release
of your funds to you as soon as you make contact with
her .

All participants were selected randomly from World
Wide Web site through
computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000
companies.This
promotion
takes place annually. For security reasons, you are
advised to keep your
winning information confidential till your claims is
processed and your
money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit
to claim
your prize. This is a part of our precautionary
measure to avoid double
claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some
unscrupulous
elements.

Please be warned.To file for your claim, please
contact our fiduciary agent
with the below details for processing of your claims.

AGENT: Mrs.laura banks
Email:laura_banks01@yahoo.co.uk

To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please
quote your
reference/batch
numbers in any correspondences with us or our
designated
agent.Congratulations
once more from all members and staffs of this
program.Thank you for being
part of our promotional lottery program.

Sincerely,
Micheal Ronin.
BRITISH LOTTERY ZONAL ONLINE CO-ORDINATOR



___________________________________________________________________________
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