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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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Please note about this email:

Fraud email example:

From: "Uklotto International" <uk_onlinelottery101@msn.com>
Reply-To: winners_claimsoffice@walla.com
Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2005 03:46:59 +0000
Subject: Congratulations,You Have Been Approved!

                                    
THE BRITISH LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
UNITED KINGDOM.


FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS DIRECTOR,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
REF: BTL/4910X1/04 AND BATCH NO:12/25/0304/Fax: +44 871 661 9356.


ATTENTION: Sir/Madam,

RE/AWARD NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today of winners of THE INTERNATIONAL BRITISH LOTTERY PROGRAMS held on the 3rd of NOVEMBER 2005 as part of our SECOND QUARTER of the year bonanza. You or your company, attached to ticket number :564-75600545-188, with serial number 5388/02 drew the lucky number: 04-14-23-31-35-41, and consequently won the lottery in category C. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of £238,617.00 (Two hundred and thirty Eight thousand Six hundred & Seventeen pounds) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.This is from total prize money of £954,468.00 shared among 5 winners in this category. All participants were selected through a computer balloting system drawn from 87,000 names from Middle East, Asia, Africa, Canada, Europe and North America and Oceania as part our International Promotions Program, which is conducted quarterly.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Your fund is now deposited with GEOTRUST INSURANCE COMPANY, a security House insured in your name. Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this award strictly from public notice until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to your account. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of this program.

We hope with a part of your prize, you will participate in our end of
year(next month) high stakes of USD500M International Lottery.

To begin your claim, please contact your claims agent;

Mrs CAROLINE SCOTH
ACCOUNTS OFFICER,
LONDON,
FAX NO: +44 871 661 9356
EMAIL:
winners_claimsoffice@walla.com

For the due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated account of your choice.Remember, you must contact your claims agent within 21 days upon receipt of this notification. After this stipulated time, all funds will be returned as unclaimed.

All correspondences to MRS CAROLINE SCOTH, either by fax or email,
should have this EMAIL sent along with it and also,your FULL ADDRESS, YOUR COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE and your EMAIL ADDRESS to which this email is sent, should be clearly and BOLDLY WRITTEN IN YOUR RESPONSE TO THE CLAIMS AGENT.

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please
remember to quote your reference and batch numbers.

Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you
for being part of our promotions program.

Sincerely,
RICHARD LLOYDS.
PROMOTIONS DIRECTOR,
THE BRITISH LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL
N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the
winners will result to disqualification. Please do not reply to
this mail. Contact your claims agent.

 

You must be 16 or over to play or claim a prize

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