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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 International Award promotion" <tejjet@calidifontain.be>
Reply-To: jjavierlopezz@aim.com
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2009 00:09:48 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: HAPPY NEW YEAR IN ADVANCE.

HAPPY NEW YEAR IN ADVANCE.
We wish to inform you that your email address won 550,000,00 Euros in euro
milliones International Award Prize promotion held on the 23RD Dec.2009.To
claim your award contact.

Contact person Mr Javier Lopez.
Contact Tel:+34 603 109 740
Email: euromilsmil@aim.com
Batch Nr: 498, Ticket Nr: 898, Ref Nr: XA 840

For security reasons,we ask that you keep your winning information
confidential until your claims has been processed and your money Remitted
to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants.
Yours Sincerely,
Mrs Rosemary Sanchez.

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