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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:

The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear beneficiary," (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
1. They don't notify winners by email.
2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- skychoice@aim.com (AOL Instant Messenger; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "FINAL NOTICE!!" (may be fake)
Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2010 03:14:04 -0600
Subject: FINAL NOTICE!!

Dear Beneficiary,

On behalf of the Members and the Board of S.B.S AGENCY. We are honoured to announce to you as one

of the 22 lucky winners in this 3rd quarterly draw of Internet Promotional LOTTO PROGRAMME,EUROBOTE,

(Result of , 26/02/2010), All the winning Email addresses were randomly selected from a batch of 900,000.

000,000 international email addresses and websites from , America, Asia, Africa, Europe, South America and

Oceanic Countries. Your email address with the lucky numbers 7- 11-18-29-42,Star Number 6-7 emerged

alongside with others as a category 2 winner in the Loteria National Emails Lottery Promotional Address

draw. You have won a total pay of 249.964,73 Euros only

The following particulars are attached to your lotto payment order:

(1 ) Ticket No: 18457

(2) Serial No: 586942170646

(3) Ref No: EURO/MED/ EUROEG/2010

(4)Lucky Nos:7- 11-18-29-42

(5)Star No;6-7

To claim your winning prize you are to contact us the appointed agent as soon as possible

CONTACT PERSON: Arthur G Garcia

TEL; + 34 688209165.

Email: skychoice@aim.com

These datas are required.

1.FULL NAMES:

2.SEX :

3.TELEPHONE NUMBERS:

4.NATIONALITY:

5.AMOUNT WON:

Faithfully yours,

Bruno Manuel Gonzalez

(Director)

http://www.euromillones.com.es/

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