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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 National Lottery:" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mr.martinsvanward@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2012 23:03:36 +0200
Subject: British E-mail Notification

The British National Lottery:
P O Box 1010
3B Olympic Way, Sefton Business Park,
Aintree, Liverpool , L30 1RD
(Customer Services)

Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369

Congratulations!

We want to congratulate and inform you on the selection of cash Lottery prize where your E-mail ID has won
the prize sum of Six Hundred and Forty Thousand GBP (640,251,00 Pound) in the British National Email Lottery
Promotion with the Ref: UK/9420X2/68, Batch: 074/05/ZY369 and Drew Lucky numbers: 05,13,22,28,45
(Bonus 33) won you the lottery prize in the 3rd category i.e match 5 plus bonus.

For claim we advise you contact the claim payment officer Mr.Martins Ward on telephone number
+447938010507 E-mail. mr.martinsvanward@yahoo.com.hk

Claims Requirements:

1. Names:
2. Address:
3. Nationality:
4. Age:
5. Occupation:
6. Sex:
7. Phone/Fax:
8. Present Country:

NB: Failure to verify his/her winning details will be disqualify from the winning list approved for payment we
advise you contact the claim officer for claim if interested.

*Winner under the age of 18 are automatically disqualified. *Staff of the British Lottery are not to partake in
this Lottery.

Congratulations Once again!

Regards

Mrs. Stella Ellis
(Group Coordinator
Note that you are not to reply to this E-mail,please contact your
claims officer directly to start the processing of your claims application form.

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