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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: <1473900814@qq.com>
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2016 08:03:39 +0100
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!! REF NO: BTL/KTU/9023118308/2015.. !!!!

BRITISH NATIONAL LOTTERY,
406 BURY NEW ROAD.WHITEFIELD,
MANCHESTER M45 7SX. U.K.
FROM : THE DESK OF THE DIRECTOR PROMOTIONS,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS / PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
REF NO : BTL/KTU/ 9023118308 / 2015.

Dear Winner,

We are pleased to announce you as one of the 6 lucky winners in the BRITISH NATIONAL LOTTERY PROMOTIONS held on 15th of November 2015. All 6 winning addresses were randomly selected from a batch of 40,000 international emails.

Your email address emerged alongside 5 others as a 3rd category winner in this month's Christmass 2015. draw.

Consequently, you have therefore been approved for a total sum of $5,000,000.00 ( Five Million United States Dollars).

The following particulars are attached to your lottery payment order :

(i) Winning numbers: 07-14-23-31-35-42-2015
(ii) Email ticket number:564-75600545-189-2015
(iii) Lotto Batch No.14/25/0308.2015
(IV) File REF NO: KTU/9023118308/2015

Please contact the claims officer as soon as possible for the immediate release of your winnings:

CONTACT CLAIMS AGENT:

Barr. Glenn Josh.Esq
Hodders Law Firm.
#20 Lausanne Road London,
SW2 3JB ENGLAND.U.K
(VERIFICATION DEPARTMENT MANAGER)
Email: ( 1473900814@qq.com )
Tel No: (+44) 704 577 0916.
Fax No: (+44) 7005-930-981.


All you have to now is to provide the following personal contact details as stated below with a scanned copy of your valid ID:

1. Name:
2. Address:
3. Marital Status:
4. Occupation:
5. Age:
6. Sex:
7. Nationality: Country Of Residence:
9. Telephone Number!(Country Code)-(Area Code)- Phone Number):
10 Cell Number:(Country Code) - (Cell Phone Number):
11 Fax Number:
12 Draw Number above:-
13 Annual income:
14 Payment Method (Cheque / Draft):
15 Email Address:
16 scanned copy of your valid ID:

Once again on behalf of all our staff, CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Sincerely,

Richard Lloyds.
LOTTERY COORDINATOR,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS.
PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT, UK.
406 BURY NEW ROAD WHITEFIELD,
MANCHESTER M45 7SX. U.K.

N.B:

1.All claims are nullified after 20 working days from today.
2. Your Ref number must be in all your mails with the claims officer.
3. Do inform the claims officer of any change of names or addresses.
4. Please do not reply to this email. Contact your claims agent.
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