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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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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.

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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "international lottery programme"
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
• This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
  
  1. They don't notify winners by email.
  2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
  3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
  4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
  5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
  6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
  7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • garryconsultinfo@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "BRITISH INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY" <davidcarol_026@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2006 19:02:59 -0800
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION

             

BRITISH INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY INC.

5th Floor East
Commonwealth Centre
55 Currie Street London L70 1NL.
United Kingdom.

 

DATE: 1st November 2006.

 

CONGRATULATIONS

Dear Sir/Madam,

We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on the 1st November 2006 from the British International
Lottery programme.

Which is fully based on an electronic selection of winners using their e-mail addresses , your e-mail was attached to ticket number 47061725 07056490902 serial number
7741137002

This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows 5-13-33-37-42 bonus number 17, which consequently won the lottery in the First category.

You hereby have been approved a lump sum of £1,000,000.00(POUNDS STERLING) in cash credit file ref ILP/HW 47509/02 from the total cash prize of £8,500,000,000.00(POUNDS STERLING)
 shared amongst Ten lucky winners in this category.

All participant were selected through a computer balloting system drawn from Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses from canada,Australia, United state, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our international promotions program which is conducted annually.

This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by conglomorates of some multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the communitties where they have operational base.

Further more your details(e-mail address) falls within our European representative office in London,United Kingdom,
as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of £1,000,000.00, will be released to you from this regional branch office  in London:

We hope with part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year  high stakes for £1.3 Billion international draw.

 

PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU QUOTE YOUR BELOW WINNING PARTICULARS WHEN CONTACTING YOUR AGENT:

 Ref:4758961725
Batch: ALLINC 70564943902/188

Winning no: FGNGB2701/LPRC

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE,
Simply contact our fiducial agent, DR GARRY LEE, at
garryconsultinfo@yahoo.co.uk

Tel: (44) 701 113 7453
Tel: (44) 702 4029 914
Fax: (44) 870 490 0339

to file for your claim .

CALL FOR MORE INFORMATION,

 

Please quote your reference, batch and winning number which can be found on the top left corner of this notification as well as your full name,telephone number as to help us for easy contact.

For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information confidential from the public until your claim
is processed and your prize released to you.

This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this programme by non-participant or unofficial personnel.

Congratulations, once more from the entire Management and Staff of BRITISH INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY Cooperation to all our  lucky winners. Thank you for being part of this promotional lottery program.

 

Yours Sincerely,

   
Carol David (co-ordinator).

 

BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF THE WINNERS WILL RESULT TO DISQUALIFICATION.

 

 

THANKS:

MANAGEMENT, BRITISH LOTTERY INC.

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