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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.

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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
  
  1. They don't notify winners by email.
  2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
  3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
  4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
  5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
  6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
  7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • britishonlinelottery@rocketmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Sonya Stump" <sstump@directairnet.com>
Reply-To: britishonlinelottery@rocketmail.com
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:28:10 -0600
Subject: OFFICIAL PRIZE NOTIFICATION


BRITISH ONLINE LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL

2 Lansdowne Row, Berkeley Square,
London, W1J 6H, United Kingdom
(Customers Services)
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Reference No.:UK/839030X2/14,
Batch No.:065/088/XY24
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Dear Winner

OFFICIAL PRIZE NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to inform you of the final announcement today, from the BRITISH ONLINE LOTTERY in our 2008 Charity Jackpot for international participants.

The winning email addresses were selected from a Database of Internet Email Users, from which your email address was selected in the 2nd category. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of £252,000:00 (Two hundred and fifty-two thousand pounds sterling) in cash credited to file XYL/26510460037/04.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet representative office in the United kingdom. In view of this,your £252,000:00 would be released to you by any of our payment office in the United Kingdom.

To file for your claim, please contact our Payment and Release Order Dept; With the LOTTERY CLAIMS PROCESSING FORM
********************************************************
Contact Agent:Jose Martins
Email:britishonlinelottery@rocketmail.com
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LOTTERY CLAIMS PROCESSING FORM
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1. FULL NAMES:
2. FULL ADDRESS:
3, CITY
4, STATE
5, COUNTRY
6. SEX:
7. DATE OF BIRTH:
8. OCCUPATION :
9. TEL. NUMBER(S):
10. NATIONALITY:

Note: Due to possible mix up of some numbers and email contacts, we ask that you keep this award strictly from public notice until your claim has been processed. This is a security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by some participants of this program.

Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this program.

Yours Truly,

Sonya Stump,

Coordinator(Online Program).

British Online Lottery International.

Copyright © 2008 The British Online Lottery®. All rights reserved.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam