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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: "Dr.Mrs. Sandra Briggs All-Gold Lottery Award Promotion Programme"
<allgoldprizelott2007uk24@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2007 10:52:01 +0000
Subject: All-Gold Co-operation 2007!!!!!!!!!!




All-Gold Co-operation in collaboration with the British Lottery board 2007 Notification










WINNING NOTIFICATION.

All-Gold Lottery Award Promotion Programme


All-Gold/British Lottery Award Promotion ProgrammeHeadquarters: 1a, Bexon Court CarltonNottingham shire Nottingham NG4 1SQ EssexUnited KingdomLottery Co-ordinator,Dr.Mrs. Sandra BriggsChairperson Lottery Organized Committee Dr. Mrs. Jenniffer Gray.Nottingham shire Nottingham NG4 1SQ Essex United Kingdom.


Attn:Sir/Madam,All-Gold in collaboration with the British Lottery board! announce you as one of the 10 lucky winners in the ongoing Micro-soft Lottery Draw for the year, 2007. All 10 winning email addresses were randomly selected from a batch of 50,000,000 international emails each from Canada , Australia , United States , Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our international promotions program which is conducted annually,consequently, you have been approved for a total pay out of £930,000.00 (NINE HUNDRED AND THIRTY THOUSAND GREAT BRITAIN POUNDS ONLY ).
This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of some multinational Micro-Soft companies and arts councils of England as part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the communities and the whole world where they have operational base. Further more your details(e-mail address) falls within our European representative office, as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of £930,000.00 will be released to you from this regional branch office in United Kingdom or otherwise specified
your identification numbers are,Customer Service: 680 NCA 85914Ref: EAAL/851OYHI/04 Batch No Lotto 6/49 Draw Coupon : Match 6+BRef No: 474061725/04,Batch: 7056490902/188,Winning No: GB8701/LPRC
FOR YOUR CLAIMS
please contact our certified and accredited corresponding agent in United Kingdom immediately for category "A" winners for quick and urgent release of your fund,

contact information is as follow: Mr.Gary Neville 30 Prospect Hill, Galway United Kingdom.
Tel: +44 703 187 1731

Email: claimcenter8@yahoo.co.ukEmail: claimcenter8@Inmail24.com

You are required to provide the claims agent with the under listed information as soon as possible:A. Name In Full:................................B. Residential Address:.....................................C. Email Address:.......................... D. Nationality:.................................E. Age:.........................................F. Sex:..........................................G. Occupation:..................................H. Marital Status:..............................I. Phone:.......................................J. Fax:........................................Wining References:Total AmountWon:.....................................................Ref No: ........................................Batch No: ............................................Winning No:........................................IMPORTANT NOTICE:
(a) Note that there exists a periodic condition on all claims process, failing which would lead to disqualification and winnings Forfeiture.Winners are therefore advised to expedite their claims process.
(b) Being one of the lucky winners, you constitute entrant's full and unconditional agreement to and acceptance of our terms and conditions of claims to avoid any discrepancy in the cause of payment of your prize awards winning.
(c) To avoid double claims, you are advised to keep your winning details as confidential as possible,any discrepancies resulting from a breach of this Confidentiality on the part of the winners will be covered solely by such winner as our staffs are bound by the oath of secrecy taken on employment.

Congratulations Once again
We thank you for being part of our Promotions programme. Furthermore, should there be any change of address do inform our agent as soon as possible.
The British International Lottery board winning draw is conducted in each quarter of the year .

This email is confidential. It may also be privileged or otherwise protected by other legal rules. If you are not the intended recipient please notify the sender immediately on the telephone number given below and delete the message from all locations on your computer. You should not copy this email or use it for any purpose or disclose its contents to any other person: to do so may be unlawful.Copyright © 2005-2010 the National Lottery Inc.All rights reserved. Terms of Service - Guideline100860 8556 2548 9576UK
Yours SincerelyDr.Mrs. Sandra BriggsBritish National Lottery Co-Ordinator.British Lottery is a free service that does not require you to register or be a Microsoft ! Registered user before winning

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