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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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INTERNATIONAL LOTTO UK.
IL 9001 SANGRIHAM COURT.
ABINGER GROVE.UK.

RE:AWARD NOTIFICATION.REF:REF:EE/EGS/77-LZ628322.BATCH NUMBER:ZX/76-
H2/IL.

DEAR WINNER,

THIS IS TO INFORM YOU OF YOUR EMERGENCY AS A WINNER IN THE RECENTLY
CONDUCTED EASTER LOTTO PROGRAM/DRAWS HELD ON THE 23RD
- OF APRIL,2004.

CONGRATULATIONS.

PARTICIPANTS IN THE EASTER LOTTO PROGRAM WERE SELECTED THROUGH THE
NEWLY INTRODUCED COMPUTER BALLOTING LOTTO SYSTEM DRAWN FROM 100,000
NAMES FROM ASIA, AFRICA, CANADA,EUROPE,MIDDLE EAST,NORTH AMERICA AND
THE OCEANIA. YOU WERE ATTACHED TO TICKET NUMBER 065-1596-4220-750,WITH
SERIAL NUMBER 6521-11 WHICH DREW THE LUCKY NUMBERS 31-51-22-24-39-
43,AND CONSEQUENTLY WON THE LOTTERY IN CATEGORY 'A'.

YOU HAVE THEREFORE,BEEN APPROVED FOR A LUMP SUM PAY-OUT OF US$4,500,000
(FOUR MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS),CREDITED TO
FILE REF:EE/EGS/77-LZ628322.THIS PRIZE IS FROM A TOTAL PRIZE AMOUNT OF
US50,000,000 SHARED AMONGST EIGHT WINNERS IN VARIOUS CATEGORIES.

CAPITAL RESOURCES LTD HAS BEEN NOMINATED BY THE INTERNATIONAL LOTTO,UK
AS YOUR CLAIMS PAYMENT/PROCESSING AGENT TO CONCLUDE FINAL PAYMENT OF
YOUR PRIZE CLAIMS.

TO BEGIN YOUR CLAIMS PAYMENT,KINDLY,CONTACT CAPITAL RESOURCES LTD FOR
THE DUE PROCESSING AND REMITTANCE OF YOUR CLAIMS,DETAILS OF CONTACT
PROVIDED BENEATH.

MILTON PATRICK.
FINANCE CONTROLLER,
CAPITAL RESOURCES LTD.
LONDON.
SATELLITE PHONE: +8821646655503.
Fax : + 44870 7622623
EMAIL: financecontroller_patmilton@postmaster.co.uk

WE ADVICE ALL CLAIMANTS TO ENSURE THAT LOTTO NUMBERS ARE PROTECTED
FROM GETTING INTO WRONG HANDS,SO AS,TO AVOID DOUBLE CLAIMS
APPLICATION,AS THIS WILL DELAY CLAIMS PAYMENT UNTIL ACTUAL BENEFICIARY
IS ASCERTAINED,UNDER SUCH CIRCUMSTANCES.

BE INFORMED THAT IN YOUR OWN CASE,CONTACT MUST BE MADE WITH YOUR
CLAIMS AGENT NOT LATER THAN 2WEEKS FROM THE DAY OF RECEIPT OF THIS
AWARD NOTIFICATION,AFTER THIS PERIOD,ALL CLAIMS FILE WILL BE RETURNED
AS UNCLAIMED.

ALL CORRESPONDENCES TO MILTON PATRICK OF CAPITAL RESOURCES LTD EITHER
BY FAX OR EMAIL,SHOULD HAVE THIS PRIZE NOTIFICATION SENT ALONG WITH
IT.ALSO,YOUR FULL ADDRESS,COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE AND EMAIL ADDRESS
SHOULD BE CLEARLY AND BOLDLY WRITTEN IN YOUR CONTACT WITH YOUR CLAIMS
AGENT.

NOTE:IN ORDER TO AVOID UNNECESSARY DELAYS AND COMPLICATIONS, KINDLY,
REMEMBER TO QUOTE YOUR REFERENCE AND BATCH NUMBERS IN EVERY OF YOUR
CORRESPONDENCES WITH CAPITAL RESOURCES LTD.

FINALLY,SHOULD THERE BE ANY CHANGE OF YOUR CONTACT ADDRESS,DO INFORM
YOUR CLAIMS AGENT AT THE EARLIEST TO AVOID CLAIMS PAYMENT DELAYS.

SINCERELY,
DOROTHY MEADOWS
AWARDS DEPARTMENT.
INTERNATIONAL LOTTO,UK.



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