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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: results@britishinterlottery.co.uk
Reply-To: britishinterlottery2006@yahoo.co.uk
Date: 6 Jul 2006 04:19:41 -0400
Subject: British International Lottery


British International Lottery

28 Tanfield Road

Croydon, London

United Kingdom



Ref No.:UK/9420X/68

Batch No.: 074/05/ZY369



WINNING NOTIFICATION

We happily announce to you the draw of the BIL programs held in the month of June 2006 in London. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 5647560054-188 with Serial number: 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: 31 06 26 13 35 07 11, which subsequently won you the lottery in the 3rd category. You have therefore, been approved to claim a total sum of £500,000 (Five Hundred Thousand Pounds) in cash credited to file BIL/F/75543340/05. This is from a total cash prize of 30 Million pounds, shared amongst the Ten (10) lucky winners in

this category. This year BIL Program Jackpot (Lotto 6/49 and Lotto Super 7) one of the largest ever British Lottery. 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 £450,000 (Four Hundred and Fifty Thousand Pounds) would be released to you. Our agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds to you as

soon as you make contact with them.



All participants were selected randomly from the internet through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 websites. This promotion takes place annually. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential untill 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 person(s).

To file for your claim, please address your response to:



Mr. Patrick Herand,

Coordinator, UK National Lottery

1 Plough Place, London EC4A 1DE



Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this program.

Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.



Sincerely,

Theresa Chapel

Zonal Coordinator



NB: All claims are to be made within 14 days from confirmation of this message.







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