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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 Ana Obregón Benitez. (Secretary)" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <global-seguros@terra.es>
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:48:59 +0100
Subject:


Officina de Loteria de Navida
Admin.de Loterías y Apuestas del Estado
Calle Silva, 17 / 17 Silva St.
28004 MADRID, ESPAÑA,

RE: YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS WON THE LOTERIA DE NAVIDA.

Sir/Madam,

We congratulate you over your email success in our computer balloting (Sweepstakes) held on Monday, October 19,2009 and was officially release today November. 18th, 2009 due to some mix-up with the claim amount. This is a Millennium Scientific Computer Program for(Christmas Lottery Bonanza) in collaboration with OrangeHome in which email addresses were used. Your email address drew and won the sum of EUR750,000.00 Euros(Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand Euros Only) in cash credited to file with REFERENCE NUMBER: ESP/WIN/DS80076, BATCH
NUMBERS: NAD/300; SERIAL NUMBER: 45327.

To further confirm your winning amount and authenticity of this program, we advice that you consult your winning information by login to our official website: http://loteria.abc.es as you advice to contact Global Seguros S.A. for Confirmation Winning Pin Code number and your Reference Number/ Batch Number and Amount.
Note that 5% of your winning prize will be accredited to the Sparkes Spanish Global Seguros S.A. as their commision, after you receive your winning sum in your bank and to begin your claim processing, kindly email your appointed claim agent Sr. Ruben Pez Juan with the below details and call him for oral clarification:-

1) Your Full Name:...............................
2) Your Telephone:...............................
3) Mobile Number:................................
4) Fax Number (If available):....................
4) Your Address:.................................
5) Your Occupation:..............................
6) Your Age:.....................................
7) Your Country:........,........................

YOUR ASSIGNED AGENT DETAILS:-
Company: Global Seguros S.A.
Contact Name: Sr. Ruben Pez Juan. (Claim/Legal Operations Manager)
Ditect Tel: +34-672-839-966
Durect Fax: +34 91-111-O283
E-Mail: global-seguros@terra.es

Finally we advice that you keep this winning notification very confidential,
until you receive your lump prize either through direct bank transfer, online banking or certified cheque payment. This is a protective measure
put in place to avoid double claiming on your winning prize, as we have
witness cases like this in the past.

Congratulation in advance,

Sincerely yours,

Mrs Ana Obregón Benitez. (Secretary)
For: LOTERIA DE NAVIDAD BOARD
website: http://loteria.abc.es

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