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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: "web lottery" <draws022@rediffmail.com>
Date: 21 Feb 2007 09:49:49 -0000
Subject: NOTIFICATION OF WINNING






BRITISH LOTTERY INTERNATIONALPROMOTIONS/ PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT.60 Merriman Road Blackheath London SE3 8RZ England.

CUSTOMER SERVICERef. Number: BTL/491OXI/04Batch Number: 12/25/0304Ticket Number:564 75600545-188Serial Number: 5388/02

Attn: Winner,

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;ONLINE NOTIFICATION OF WINNING
Europe/America private international e-games organizers&nbsp; and co-sponsors, British Lottery, officially bring to your&nbsp; notice the final draw result of&nbsp;January 2007 British Lottery-wheel&nbsp; E-game which was conducted at our international corporate office complex&nbsp; in The United Kingdom. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number 564 75600545-188 with serial number 5388/02 drew lucky numbers&nbsp; 7-14-18-31-45, which consequently won in the 2ND category, you have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of 1,285,000 pounds&nbsp;(One Million,&nbsp;two hundred and eighty-five&nbsp;thousand pounds).

Most recently this foundation set up the&nbsp;New Lottery Scheme&nbsp;to award prizes based on Computer Ballot System. By doing this the foundation seek to encourage the use of Internet for academic and business pursuits.Its major aim is to promote music,theater,art,literature, projects in the social and political arena with a focus on health,as well as science,research, and higher education.We wish to congratulate and inform you on the selection of your email coupon number which was selected among the 45 lucky consolation prize winners.

Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep your winning information confidential until your claims have been fully processed and your money remitted to you. This is part&nbsp; of our security protocol to avoid multiple claims and unwarranted abuse of&nbsp; this program by some members of the public.

All participants were selected through a&nbsp; computer ballot system drawn from over 20,000 company and 30,000,000 individual email addresses and names from all over the world. This lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate a group of multinational companies in Europe as part of their social responsibility to the citizens. This Lottery Program Jackpot is the largest ever for British Lottery. The biggest was the&nbsp;50,000,000 pounds&nbsp;jackpot that went to two winners in a May 2000 drawing of The Big Game, Mega Millions\' predecessor.

Your fund is now deposited in an offshore bank with a hardcover insurance.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 your nominated bank account as this is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unwarranted taking advantage of this program by the general public.

For the release of your winning, kindly contact your claims supervisory officer at the The National Lottery Head Quarters via bellow informations:


Mr Patrick WilsonForeign Services Manager,Payment and Release Order Dept.Phone: +44 703 590 1526E-mail: agentpatrickwilson@yahoo.co.uk

Furthermore, should there be any change in your address, do inform your Claims agent as soon as possible.you are to fill the form below and send it to the claims agent via email:

First name: ..................................................Middle name: ..............................................Last name: ..................................................Date of birth: ...............................................Gender: .......................................................Marital status: ..............................................Lotto Batch Number: ...................................Lotto Reference Numbers: ...........................
Occupation: .................................................Home address and phone: ...........................Address: .......................................................City: .............................................................State/province: ............................................Zip/postal code: ...........................................Country: .......................................................

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

Yours Sincerely,Mr. Anthony Campbell,Executive (International Sweepstakes).

Program Warning!!! Fraudulent emails are circulating that appears to be impersonator using our names and addresses, but are not from the&nbsp;Lottery Online Program&nbsp;Please Report Immediately To Customer Care/Complaints Dept.

Note: Participants below 15 years are automatically disqualified. All e-mail transmission/correspondence are 100% protected by our Secured Socket Layer (SSL) server.

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