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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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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.

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Please note about this email:

• It is a fake lottery scam (4 typical phrases found).
  
• It lists free email accounts as contact addresses (companies do not use such addresses)
  

Fraud email example:

From: "BRITISH LOTTERY GAME" <britishonline58@msn.com>
Reply-To: jameswatson_fiduciary_agent@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2005 13:14:28 +0000
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION!!!

TH= E BRITISH ONLINE GAME  2005    &nb= sp;

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British Lottery Headquarters:
Customer Service  &nbs= p;            = ;            =             &= nbsp;           &n= bsp;           &nb= sp;     
33 YATCH BASIN MARINA  OFFICES= ,
UPON TYNE NEWCASTLE LONDON

19/12/2005 
Batch: 14/211/0374  
Ref: BTL/311OXI/02

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 &nbs= p;            = ;            =            WINNING N= OTIFICATION

   We = happily announce to you the draw of the British lottery programs programs= held on the 17th of December 2005 in London,

 Your e-mai= l address attached, to ticket number: 694 756= 00545 721 with Serial = number: 886/04 drew the lucky numbers:01-6-2-13-35-17<= /FONT>, which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category.You = are therefore, been approved to claim a total sum of GBP500,000.00( five = hundred thousand, pounds sterlings) in cash credited to file RPC/9080115322/44. This is from a total cash prize of GBP 125 million pou= nds sterlings.

 This year = Lottery Program Jackpot is the largest ever for British Lottery, The esti= mated 125 million jackpot would be the sixth-biggest in U.K. history.The = biggest was the 363 million pounds sterlings jackpot that went to two win= ners in a May 2000 drawing of The Big Game, Mega Millions' predecessor. P= lease note that your lucky winning number falls within our European bookl= et representative office in Europe as indicated in our
play coupon. In= view of this, your GBP500,000.00 (five hundred thousand,pounds sterlings= ) would be released to you by our affiliate bank in UK.

 Our agent = will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your f= unds to you as soon as you make contact with him.
    A= ll participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site through c= omputer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 companies.This promot= ion takes place annually.To file for your claim, please contact our fiduc= iary agent with the below details for processing of your claims.

AGENT: Mr.= Trevor Smith
Email: agent_smith_briti= shonline@yahoo.co.uk

To avoid unneces= sary delays and complications, please quote your reference/batch numbers = in any correspondences with us or our designated agent.

 

Congratulations = once more from all members and staffs of this program.Thank you for being= part of our promotional lottery program.

 

Sincerely,
Mr= Simmon Russells.
Zonal Coordinator

 

Warning!!!: Fraudulent emails are circulatin= g that appear to be using Britsih National Lottery address= es, but are not from The British Lottery.

  PLEASE REPORT IMMEDIATELY TO : 
CUSTOMER CARE/COMPLAINTS DEPT:support@britishonline-games.net

LAST WINNERS ON BRITISH NATION= AL LOTTERY ONLINE GAME.

 

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Copyright =A9 1994-200= 5 The British National Lottery Inc.
All rights reserved. Terms of= Service - Guideline

 

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