BRITISH TOBACCO MEGA JACKPOT PROMOTION

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This is an internet scam! Do NOT send these scammers money for any reason.

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From:     BRITISH TOBACCO MEGA JACKPOT PROMOTION
Reply-To:     tobaccoinfoverification@jmail.co.za
Subject:     AWARD' --You Have 1 New Message ----
Date:     Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:35:57 +0700 (ICT) (10:35 EDT)

BRITISH TOBACCO MEGA JACKPOT PROMOTION UNITED KINGDOM
406 Bury New Rd., Whitefield,
Manchester M457SXU.K.
BATCH NUMBER:MFI/07/APA-43658
REFERENCE NUMBER: 2008234522
AWARD WINNING NO: 4

ELECTRONIC MAIL AWARD PROMOTION.;
We are pleased to inform you that you are one of the selected winners of
the BRITISH TOBACCO MEGA JACKPOT PROMOTION held on 27th August 2008. Your
email address attached to ticket number 9901-0148-790-698, with serial
number 6109-17 drew the lucky numbers 990-11-815-37-10-73; the lottery
was categorized into four zonal (Africa, America, Europe and Asia) stages.
Consequently you have won the lottery in the 2nd category. You have
therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of (FIVE MILLION) US
dollars ($5,000,000.00USD)Credited to file REFERENCE NUMBER: 2008234522
BATCH NUMBER:MFI/07/APA-43658.Due to the mix up of some numbers and names,
we ask that you keep this award strictly from public notice until your
claim has been processed and your money remitted to your account. This is
part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous
acts by participants of this program.
Please contact the clearing house (through your claims agent only) the
body assigned with the verification of all emergent winner. Therefore all
protocols laid down by them must be followed to facilitate your claims;
CONTACT Details:
Mr. ALBERT GREGORY
Email; tobaccoinfoverification@jmail.co.za
FAX;+(44)7092875039

20 Lausanne Road London,
SW2 3JB ENGLAND.U.K
You to provide the claim agent with the under listed information as soon
as possible:1. NAME IN FULL:.......2.
ADDRESS:.....................................3.
NATIONALITY:.................................4.
AGE:.........................................5.
OCCUPATION:..................................6.
PHONE/FAX:...................................7.COUNTRY OF
RESIDENCE..........................
For processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated account
of your choice.Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later than
the 3rd September ,2008.All funds not claimed on or before the fixed date
will be returned as unclaimed. NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays
and complications,please remember to quote your reference and batch
numbers in all correspondences with this office. Furthermore, should there
be any change of your address, do inform us as soon as possible
Congratulations again from all our staffs and thank you for being part of
our Promotions program. Sincerely,
KAREN PETERSON.
Co-coordinator.

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It's important to note that any real people or legitimate organizations mentioned in these scam e-mails have absolutely no connection with this scam!

The scammers never use their real names.
They frequently take on the identity of real people to help them convince you that they are genuine.
Whatever these scammers tell you, DON'T believe a word of it!!!

This is just a small sampling of the many hundreds of advance fee fraud e-mails received each day here at 419 BAITER headquarters.

There are many different types of 419 scam (examples) but they all promise you something (fortune, job with salary/commision, low-interest loan, lottery prize, cheap gold dust/diamonds, work visa, etc.) in return for a small 'fee' or some kind of remittance. Of course, there is no fortune, no job, no loan, no prize to be had. It's just a ploy to get you to willingly send them money.