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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: Information Department <euro_millones_2006_awardwinner@web.de>
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2006 17:48:46 +0200
Subject: european email award winning prize.




european email award winning prize.
CALLE ANGEL MARIO 23
P.C 28003 Madrid-Spain.

Batch No: WNTO/7416/VA/ES
Ticket No: TWMT/1800/806
Lucky No: 07-13-31.54-64
Ref No: EMLES/2006/M
Serial No: CNMMM/67000/MMC

CONSOLATION PRIZE WINNING NOTICE!!!

Europe/America private international e-games organizers and Co-sponsors, EUROPEAN EMAIL PROMOTION PROGRAM, officially bring to your notice of the final draw result of 5th August-2006 EUROPEAN EMAIL PROMOTION PROGRAM wheel E-game which was conducted at our international corporate office
complex in Madrid-Spain.

Most recently this foundation set up the NEW LOTTERY SCHEME to give outprizes based on COMPUTER BALLOT SYSTEM. By doing this the foundation seek to encourage the use of Internet for academic and business pursuits.

It major aim is to promote music, theater, art and literature projects in the social and political arena with a focus on health, as well as science, research, and higher education. We wish to congratulate and inform you on the selection of your email coupon number which was selected among the 10 lucky consolation prize winners.

Your email ID identified with Coupon No. EEPP/001324625 and was selected by our E-games Random Selection System (ERSS) with entries from the 5,000,000 different email addresses enrolled for the E-game. Your email ID was included among the 5,000,000 different email addresses submitted by our partner international email provider companies.

You have won a consolation cash prize of US$787,000:00 (Seven Hundred and Eighty Seven Thousand United States Dollars Only). The EUROPEAN EMAIL PROMOTION PROGRAM Group have approved a payout of your consolation cash prize which will be remunerated directly to you by the official Payment Agency Board.

To claim your winning prize you are to contact the appointed agent as soon as possible for the immediate release of your winnings:

DR.TOM DAVID.
MERIDIAN AGENCIA
CALLE SAN JOSE Nº89
P.C.28005 MADRID-SPAIN.
E-mail: meridianagencia@aim.com [mailto:meridianagencia@aim.com]

The appointed agent will be required to Notarize all your award winning doicuments in the Madrid Municipal Court and also obtain Approval Legal Clearance Certificate from the Court here in Spain which is in accordance with the European Union Lottery Act 2004 on payment of International Lottery Winners. Be inform that the PAYING BANK will Effect Payment Swiftly upon satisfactory Report, Verifications and validation provided by this fiduciary agent.

Once again congratulations from all our staffs on your consolation prize winning, we hope you will partake in our next coming Euro Millones Email Award Game.

Best Regards,
Anita Raynes(Mrs.).
(Group Coordinator)

NB: In accordance with the EUROPEAN EMAIL PROMOTION PROGRAM E-games policy and regulations, this notification is dispatched directly to only the 10 lucky consolation prize Winners. This notification also contains
information that is proprietary, privileged or confidential or otherwise legally exempt from disclosure. If you are not the right recipient
whose email address attached to the lucky numbers along with the winning information’s you are not authorized to read, print, retain, copy or disseminate this notice or any part of it.






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