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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: Uk National Lottery <result@bk.ru>
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 16:56:51 +0400
Subject: You Have Been Awarded


ATTN: WINNER
REF Nº: BTL/311OXI/02BATCH Nº: 14/211/0374 DATED 10TH AUGUST 2006 http://www.national-lottery.com/results.asp CONGRATULATIONS!We are pleased to inform you of the result of the UK National Lottery which was held on the 17TH MAY, 2006. Due to mix up of names, the results were finally released on 10th August, 2006. Your Email address attached to ticket number 694 75600545 721 with serial number 694 75600545 721 drew the lucky numbers 02-04-12-16-18-41 35 (http://www.national-lottery.com/results.asp) which consequently won the lottery in the 1st category. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum payout of GBP6,500,000.00 (Six Million Five Hundred Thousand pounds sterling) in cash credited to file Ref No: BTL/311OXI/02. This is from a total cash prize of GBP300 Million Dollars shared amongst the first fifty (50) lucky winners in this category. All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 25,000 names from Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Eu
rope and North America as part of our international promotions program which we conduct twice every year.

This year Lottery Program Jackpot is the largest ever for UK National Lottery . The estimated GBP150 million jackpot would be the sixth-biggest in Europe history. The biggest was the GBP363 million jackpot that went to two winners in a Febuary 2000 drawing of The Big Game Mega Millions' predecessor.

Your fund is now deposited in an offshore bank insured in your name. Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we advice that you keep this award from public notice until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to you through your selected mode of collection as this is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unwarranted taking advantage of this program by the general public.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet representative office in Europe as indicated. In view of this, your GBP6,500,000.00 (Six Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars) would be released to you. Our agents will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds to you as soon as you make contact with them.

To begin your claim please contact your claims agent:

Contact Agent: Robert Williams (Lawyer)
Email: lawrobertw@tiscali.co.uk (file:///C:/ym/Compose?To=lawrobertw@tiscali.co.uk) First Atlantic Processing Center.
Preston, United Kingdom.

Note that all prize funds must be claimed not later than One month. After this date all funds will be returned to the LOTTERY TREASURY as unclaimed. In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please endeavor to quote your Reference Number: BTL/311OXI/02.and Batch numbers: 14/211/0374 in every correspondence with your agent. Furthermore, should there be any change in your address, do inform your claims agent as soon as possible.

Congratulations once again from all members of our staff and thanks for being part of our promotions program.

Yours faithfully,

Mr Curtis ThompsonZonal Coordinator.
UK National Lottery



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