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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: "BBC LOTTERY PROMO" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <bbcpromo2013@qq.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2013 06:14:02 +0100
Subject: You Won

British Broadcasting Corporation
Broadcasting House,
Portland Place, London, W1A 1AA
http://www.bbc.co.uk/lottery


Batch Number: BBC/OLP2113/UK
Coupon Number: BGGP/0301/CW3

Dear Winner,
It is another successful year as British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) wish to congratulate you as one of the lucky winners of our end of the year online promo 2013. Your e-mail address was randomly selected from a Data Base of over 50,000,000 valid E-mail addresses of active Internet Users which subsequently won you the sum of £1,000,000 (ONE MILLION BRITISH POUNDS) as confirmed by our co-sponsor, The National Lottery, through their latest internet software.

For Claims/Verification Please contact our Claims Agent: Sir Harry Keith, on Email: bbcpromo2013@qq.com Telephone: +44 701 1146 668.

Provide Him the following information to avoid unneccessary delays.

1.Your Name:
2.Address:
3.Occupation:
4.Age:
5.Telephone Number:

You are strongly advised to keep your winnings strictly confidential and away from third party until you claim your prize.

NOTE: This messege may appear in spam/junk folder in your mailbox but do not delete as you are a legitimate winner of the 2013 BBC Lottery Promo.
Best Regards

Mss. Reardon Marianne
Online Cordinator
BBC/National Lottery, UK
http://www.bbc.co.uk/lottery

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