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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: EURO MILLIONS LOTTERY INTERNATIONA <lottwon_won@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 12:20:11 +0100
Subject: AKNOWLEDGMENT


EURO MILLIONS LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL.
FROM: INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD DEPT.
REF: BGM/0207859035/09
BATCH: 27/4424/APL
SERIAL NO:52201-61
RE: WINNING NOTIFICATION / FINAL NOTICE
DATE: 11th January, 2005
Sir/Madam,
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Euro millions Lottery
Winners International E-mail programs held on the 28th of december ,
2005.Your E-mail address attached to ticket number 2203-006 with lucky
main number 02 06 09 14 26 drew lucky star numbers 04 05, which
consequently won in the 3rd category, you have therefore been
approved for a lump sum pay out of €315 810.00 Euro. (THREE HUNDRED
AND FIFTEEN THOUSAND EUROS EIGHT HUNDRED AND TEN)
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Due to mix up of some numbers and names/programme abuse, we ask that
you keep your winning information confidential until your claims has
been processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our
security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of
this program by some participants.
All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn
from over 100,000 company and 50,000,000 individual email addresses
and names from all over the world.
We hope with part of your winning you will take part in our end of year
50 millions Euro International lottery. this is an irish woman who
won http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/4730113.stm

To file for your claim, please contact our fiducial/Claim agent:
DR PEDRO GOMEZ ( ( Estrella Seguro And Security Company)
TEL: 0034 626 809 826
FAX: 0034 660 891 662
Email: esrellaseguro@consultant.com
Remember, all winning must be claimed withine one week of receiving this mail
2006. After this period all unclaimed funds will be returned to the
ministerio de Hacienda as unclaimed fund. Please note in order to
avoid unnecessary delays and complications please
remember to quote your reference number and batch numbers in all
correspondence.
Furthermore, should there be any change of address do inform our agent
as soon as possible.
Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for
being part of our promotional program.

Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.
Sincerely yours,
Mrs lisa juan
Lottery Coordinator.
http://www.national-lottery.com/resultseuro.asp
SEND REQUIRED INFORMATION BELOW TO YOUR CLAIM AGENT THROUGH FAX OR AS SCAN
esrellaseguro@consultant.com

VERIFICATION FORM.
1. FULL NAMES: --------------------------------------------------------
.
2.ADDRESS:-------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------
3. SEX: -----------------------------------
4. AGE: -------------------------------
5. MARITAL STATUS: -----------------------------------
6. OCCUPATION: -----------------------------------------
7. E-MAIL ADDRESS: ----------------------------------
8. TELEPHONE NUMBER: ----------------------------
9. LUCKY MAIN NUMBER: ----------------------------
LUCKY STAR NUMBER: ----------------------------
10.TICKET NUMBER:------------------------------------
11.REF / BATCH NUMBER: ---------------------------
12.AMOUNT WON: --------------------------------------
13.IDENTIFICATION NUMBER EITHER INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT OR DRIVING
LICENCE / NATIONAL ID CARD DUELY SCANNED AS WELL.



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