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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: "Wooten, Deanna M" <dwooten01@uncfsu.edu>
Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2008 01:18:11 -0400
Subject: You Have WON (EURO-PW LOTTERY v6.0)

EURO-PW LOTTERY v6.0,
WEBSITE: www.europw.com <http://www.europw.com/>
POSTBUS 636-5930 AM
TERNEUZEN, HOLLAND.

RE:OFFICIAL PRIZE AWARD NOTICE.

DEAR WINNER,

THIS IS TO INFORM YOU THAT YOU HAVE WON A PRIZE MONEY OF ONE MILLION EURO (1,000,000 EUR) FOR THIS MONTH (JULY 2008), EURO-PW LOTTERY ONLINE PROMOTION, ALL THE E-MAIL ADDRESSES OF THE PARTICIPANTS LEGIBLE FOR THIS AWARD WERE SUBSCRIBERS FROM YAHOO, HOTMAIL AND OTHER E-MAIL SERVICE PROVIDERS WORLDWIDE.

ONLY FIVE WINNERS EMERGE EVERY MONTH THROUGH ELECTRONIC BALLOTING SYSTEM (E.B.S.), WE CONGRATULATE YOU FOR BEEN ONE OF THE EURO-PW v6.0 WINNER.

PLEASE CONTACT OUR APPROVED AGENT FOR YOUR REGION WITH YOUR WINNING NUMBER AND YOUR FILLED CLAIMS VERIFICATION FORM BELOW.

WINNING NUMBER: EPWL/200-020/300
EURO-PW LOTTERY v6.0.

CLAIMS VERIFICATION FORM.
FULL NAMES .
ADDRESS .
NATIONALITY .
COUNTRY .
TEL/FAX .
AGE/SEX .
MARITAL STATUS .
OCCUPATION .

PAYMENT OPTION
1. COURIER DELIVERY OF CERTIFIED WINNING CHEQUE (.....)
2. TRANSFER OF PRIZE MONEY VIA ONLINE BANK TRANSFER (.....)

TICK AN OPTION WHICH SUITS YOU BEST FOR THE REMITTANCE OF YOUR PRIZE MONEY TO YOU.

CONGRATULATIONS FROM ALL MEMBERS OF STAFF OF EURO-PW LOTTERY.

NINA T. FRIJTERS (Mrs.)
DIRECTOR; CLAIMS DEPARTMENT.
TEL: 31-622-594-095
E-MAIL: europw1@msn.com <mailto:europw1@msn.com>
FROM: M. Deanna Wooten

NOTE: ALL CORRESPONDENCES SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO: europw1@msn.com <mailto:europw1@msn.com>


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