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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: BRITISH INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY <c_david20002@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 27 May 2007 16:48:17 +0000
Subject: DEAR WINNER




BRITISH INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY INC.
5th Floor EastCommonwealth Centre55 Currie Street London L70 1NL.United Kingdom.

DATE: 26th May 2007.

CONGRATULATIONS !!!
Dear Sir/Madam, We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on the 26th May 2007 from the British International Lottery programme.
Which is fully based on an electronic selection of winners using their e-mail addresses , your email was attached to ticket number 47061725 07056490902/BL serial number 7741137002/BL.
This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows 5-13-33-37-42/BL 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 £10,000,000.00(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 conglomorate 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:

PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU QUOTE YOUR BELOW WINNING PARTICULARS WHEN CONTACTING YOUR AGENT:
Ref:4758961725/BL
Batch: ALLINC 70564943902/188/BL
Winning no: FGNGB2701/LPRC/BL
HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE,Simply contact our fiducial agent, Dr Kent Russell, at
prizeverificationdept001@yahoo.co.uk

Tel: (44) 701 1136 710Tel: (44) 704 5716 507
Fax: (44) 870 479 8995
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.

Congratulations, once more from the entire Management and Staff of BRITISH INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY . Thank you for being part of this promotional lottery program.
Yours Sincerely,

Mrs. Basheera Abubakar

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


THANKS:
MANAGEMENT, BRITISH LOTTERY INC.
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