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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-MILLIONES <europrimo@aim.com>
Date: Sat, 05 Jan 2008 15:41:52 +0100
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!! YOU HAVE WON THE LOTTERY


EURO-MILLIONES
International Award Promotion
Suite 199 / 207 Santiago Benabeu
Madrid Spain
www.loterias.com
5/1/2008

Dear Winner,

Subject: Final Award Notification

Euro Million International, a non religious and non racist organizations have =
jointly organized a Free Email Lottery Program to unite the human race in =
their religion/belief, as we believe that God is One and human beings are =
equally one not withstanding your religion, race, education or political =
background.

As the beneficiary/user of this email address, you have been selected as one =
of our lucky winners in this our Inaugural Lottery Award, which was organized =
in the Good Spirit of Ramadan and the forth coming Christmas since on the =
12th of October 2007.

Note that all email addresses used in this promotion were presented by our =
International Marketing Department and draw was conducted via Computer =
Programmed Selection System in which your email address won in the 2nd =
Category with the following
information:
Ticket No: JIL/002-9-07, with Serial No: 3 & 4, and Lucky No: 8, 10, 14, 19, =
33, thereby winning the sum of Euro708,593.33 (Seven Hundred and Eight =
Thousand,Five Hundred and Ninety Three Euros, Thirty-Three Cent only).

Be informed that payments began since on 14th December 2007 and will end on =
the 29th of January 2008;Therefore, we advise you to submit your application =
to our Registered Claim Agent, who will assist you to process and facilitate =
your winnings on your behalf
with the below details:

Assurance Security Firm Madrid-Spain.
Contact Name: Mr.Desmod Diaz Sanchez
Tel: 0034-691-914-332
Email: assurancesec@aim.com

We wish to congratulate you over your winning as we also pray that you will =
contribute in making the world a peaceful place for human race.

Yours truly,
Don Sergio Raul Gonzalez
(Programme Director)

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