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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: "Mrs. Anita Pablo" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <infoeuroespana@aol.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:55:01 +0100
Subject: Dear Email Owner

Dear Email Owner,
 
We write to congratulate you, as one of our 2009 Euro Millions NEWYEAR CRISIS SOLUTION PROMO email lucky winner of 735, 110.17 EURO. Your email address attached to RefNumber: EF/2709/EUSA, Winning Number 25/33/36/38/42/6/7. This is a program aimed to help families with the current Global crisis and aimed also at encouraging Internet users.
 
To get more info/claim, contact the Operations officer below via Tel: 0034 622 778 522 & email with your winning numbers and reference number:
 
EURO CASH S.L
Mr. David Williams
Tel: +34 622 778 522, +34 634 153 636
Valencia, Spain
 
Congratulations in Advance!!
 
Sincerely,
Mrs. Anita Pablo.
Promotion Manager.
 
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