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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: james smith <jamess0003@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <jamessmith200720002000@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Sun, 27 May 2007 15:37:40 +0100
Subject: LOTTERY WINNING NOTIFICATION



BRITISH LOTTERY:ENFIELD BUSSINESSCENTRE202 HERTFORD ROAD ENFIELDMIDDLESEX EN3 5JHLONDON UNITED KING.

LOTTERY WINNING NOTIFICATIONBatch: 14/211/0374 Ref: BTL/311OXI/02.

We happily announce to you the draw of the Britishlottery bid online programs held today the 24th Of May 2007 in London to support and promote our 2007 winner lottery, Your e-mail address attached, to ticket number: 694 75600545 721 with Serial number: 886/04 drew the lucky numbers:01-6-2-13-35-17, which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category.You are therefore, been approved to claim a total sum of $1,000,000,00.( ONEMILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS ) in cash credited to file RPC/9080115322/44. This is from a total cash prize of $125 Million us Dollars shared among second category winners.This year,s Lottery Program Jackpot is the largest ever for British Lottery, The estimated 125 million jackpot would be the sixth-biggest in U.K history.The biggest was the 363 million jackpot that went to two winners in a May 2000 drawing of The Big Game, Mega Millions' predecessor. Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet and our representative office in london as indicated in the electronic play coupon.In view of this, your $1,000,000.00 would be released to you by our affiliateoffice in London (United kingdom Gaming Commission). after proper protocols by our claim agent here in London has been followed by you.Our agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds to you as soon as you make contact with him and call him on the phone.All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Website through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 companies. Please contact our fiduciary agent with your details for processing of your claims. NAME:.................................. NATIONALITY:...........................AGE:.......................... PHONE/MOBILE:.......................... Agent to contact: Mr. Steve JohnsonTel Line 1 + 44 703 1919 215email: stevejohnson0012000@yahoo.co.jp Mon - Friday( 8Hrs Gmt to 18HrsGmt) Sat ( 8Hrs Gmt to 12HrsGmt) Send replies to Email: stevejohnson0012000@yahoo.co.jp Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this program.Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.
Sincerely,Mr James Smith .Zonal Coordinator ( London)Copyright © 1994-2007 The British NationalLottery Inc. All rights reserved. Terms of Service - Guideline77635 476378 255667460.
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