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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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Fraud email example:

From: "REYES ALEXANDRIA" <elgordocompany02@msn.com>
Reply-To: raulchrest@walla.com
Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2005 08:18:09 +0000
Subject: AWARD NOTIFICATION; FINAL NOTICE

EUROPE ELGORDO
SWEEPSTAKE
LOTTERY/ INTERNATIONAL
MADRID SPAIN.
ATTENTION:
AWARD NOTIFICATION; FINAL NOTICE
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today, 25TH NOVEMBER 2005
of winners of the EUROPE ELGORDO SWEEPSTAKE LOTTERY/ INTERNATIONAL, PROGRAMS
held on 2ND NOVEMBER, 2005.
Your email address is attached to ticket number 023-0148-790-459, with
serial number 5073-11 drew the lucky numbers 43-11-44-37-10-43, and
consequently won the lottery in the 3rd category.
You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay of US$1,000,000:00
(one million united states of america dollars) in cash credited to file REF
NO. EESW/25041238013/03.
This is from total prize money of US$80,400,000.00 shared among the
seventeen international winners in this category.
All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from a
collation of frequent internet users from all over the world from Australia,
New Zealand, America,Europe, North America,Africa, middle east and Asia as
part of International Promotions Program, which is conducted bia-annually.
CONGRATULATIONS!
Your fund is now deposited with a Security company insured in your name. 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. We hope with a part of
your prize, you will participate in our end of year high stakes US$1.3
billion International Lottery.
To begin your claim, please you are to provide the below details to
this commission via email to Mr RAUL CHREST, FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER,
MADRID SPAIN, {raulchrest@walla.com}.
For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated
account of your choice and to enable the speedy evaluation and
processing of your winnings. we advice that you adhere
strictly to procedures, to avoid any disqualifications and
subsequent cancelation
1. your full names
2. your full home / office address
3. direct telephone/fax numbers
4. occupation / age
5. next of kin
6. amount won
7. lottery date
The above detailed information will be absolutely neccessary for the
processing of your payment cheques,drafts or wire transfers.
Please note that this winning is valid for THREE WEEKS and failure to issue
claims after this period will automatically void your payment. Remember to
quote your ticket number, serial number and lucky number in your future
correspondence.
Furthermore, should there be any change of your address, do inform your
claim agent as soon as possible.
Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being part
of our promotions program.
Yours Sincerely,
Mrs. Alexanderia Reyes
N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of
any of our winners will result to disqualification.
SORRY FOR THE LATE INFORMATION THANKS
Mrs Alexanderia Reyes
PROMOTION MANAGER
EUROPE ELGORDO PROMO LOTTERY COMPANY
MADRID SPAIN
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****PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL***** this e-mail and any attached files are
from Europe Elgordo Lottery Company and are confidential and may be legally
privileged. If you are not the addressee, any disclosure, reproduction,
copying, distribution, or other dissemination or use of this communication
is strictly prohibited.
If you have received this transmission in error please notify the sender
immediately and then delete this e-mail.
E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error free as
information can be intercepted, corrupted, lost,destroyed, arrive late or
incomplete, or contain viruses. Europe Elgordo Lottery Company
therefore cannot be held liable for any errors or omissions in the contents
of this message, which arise as a result of e-mail transmission


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