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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 CANADIAN LOTTERY BC-49," (may be fake)
Reply-To: <britishcanadianredemptionoffice@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2010 04:15:14 -0700
Subject: Congratulation Winner!!!

BRITISH CANADIAN LOTTERY BC-49,
70 Foster Drive, Suite 800, Sault Ste.
Marie, Ontario, P6A 6V2, Canada.
Winning No: 34,
Bonus No: 42
Confirm Winning: http://www.canada.com/life/lotteries/lottery_results.html


WINNER'S NOTIFICATION!!!

The Canadian Government in collaboration with the British Government and the
World Gaming Board are the sponsors of this online email lottery for
compensation and grant for both past lottery winners and the entire world
public for purpose of Infrastructural development as an online compensation
for all internet users.

We happily announce to you the draw of the Special Global 2009/ 2010 Promotional
Draw held on the 24Friday January, 2010 in Manchester in the United Kingdom,
Thailand, India, United Arab Emirate, Singapore, Malaysia, Austin Texas
in USA and Ontario Canada. Your e-mail address attached to REF No;

IMP/73253CA/2009, with Batch No: 642376/CA/2009 drew the Winning No: 34,
Bonus No: 42 for BC-49 Lotto under the choice of the lottery in the 1st category of bi-weekly six.

All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site(s) Yahoo,
Gmail, Hotmail, Concast, sbcglobal. AOL , emailclick.com and other well known
official sites. through computer draws system and extracted from over 10,000,000
companies and personal e-mails. So your email is your online automatic ticket that qualified
you for this draw.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of 520,000.00 GBP
(FiveHundred and Twenty Thousand Pounds Sterling)

In view of this, your 520,000.00 GBP (Five Hundred and Twenty Thousand
PoundsSterling) would be released to you by following the directives of the
B-C ONLINE LOTTERY REMMITANCE UNIT
The B-C UNIT will immediately commence the process to
facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact the office. So
you are required to forward the following details to our trusted courier
company to help facilitate the processing of your claims:

You are to contact the B-C ONLINE LOTTERY REMT UNIT for payment with
details below::

Contact Person: Mr. David Telehany
BC ONLINE REMIT Email: britishcanadianredemptionoffice@yahoo.com
Tel: +44 702-405-7719

PAYMENT PROCESSING FORM:
(1) FULL NAME:
(2) FULL ADDRESS:
(3) AGE/SEX:
(4) OCCUPATION:
(5) TELEPHONE NUMBER: (OFFICE) / (CELLPHONE)
(6) TOTAL AMOUNT WON:
(7) BATCH NUMBER AS LISTED ABOVE:
(8) BONUS NUMBERS:
(9) YOUR WINNING NUMBERS:
(10) COUNTRY:

*Winners are advised to keep their winning details/information from the
public to avoid fraudulent claim (IMPORTANT) pending the prize claim by Winner.

Note: Mail to (B-C ONLINE GAME REMIT UNIT) email immediately for the processing
of your winning prize. You can also confirm your winning number and bonus numbers on our web
http://www.canada.com/life/lotteries/lottery_results.html

Congratulation!!

Sincerely,
David Cole (Mr.)
Lottery Controller General
BC-49 Lottery.

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