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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: lotto board <brdukloto25@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2007 06:13:54 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS !!!



BRITISH LOTTERY HEADQUARTERS
CUSTOMER SERVICE
28 TANFIELD ROAD,
CROYDON, LONDON
REF NO: BTL/4910X1/04
BATCH NO: 12/25/0340
EMAIL:lottobod@yahoo.co.uk

BRITISH LOTTERY WINNING NOTIFICATION

DEAR WINNER

We happily announce to you the draw of the BRITISH Sweepstake Lottery Internationalprograms held on the 20th June 2007 in London. Your e-mail address is attached to ticket number: 564 75600545-188 with Serial number 5388/02 drew the lucky numbers: 31-6-26-13-35-7,which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category. You are therefore, been approved to claim a total sum of �950,000.00GBP (Nine hundred & Fifty thousand British Pounds Sterling) in cash credited to file KPC/9080118308/02.This is from a total cash prize �47 Million Five hundred Thousand British Pounds sterling, shared amongst the first Fifty (50) lucky winners in this category.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in our play coupon. In view of this, your 950,000.00GBP (Nine hundred and Fifty Thousand British Pounds Sterling) would be released to you by our affiliate bank in London or South Africa. Our agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds to you as soon as you make contact with him. All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site through computer draw system and drawn from over 100,000 email addresses world wide web site.

This promotion takes place annually. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize. This is a part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements.

Please be warned. To file for your claim, please contact our Claims agent with the below details for processing of your claims.

Overseas Claims Unit
United Kingdom Claims Agent
Contact Person: John Louis
Email: jhnuissss@yahoo.co.uk

Tel: +44-703-187-2441
: +44-703-183-3201
: +44-703-183-3205

Sincerely,
Paul Fellows.
Co-ordinator(Overseas Unit)

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