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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: "Onlinepromo" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <info.micclaimspromo@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:28:38 +0100
Subject: Award !!

2010 EURO MILLION PROMOTION
REFERENCE #:87/825/TRH
BATCH #: MEG-749-873-439
Being officially assigned to select winners across the
globe, the management is pleased to inform you of the result of the
Hot Lotto EUROMILLION Lottery Winners International E-mail programs held on the
4TH OF FEBRUARY 2010 and result was released on the 15TH OF MARCH 2010.. Your
E-mail address attached to ticket number 653-908-321-675 with serial main
number 528-127-196 drew lucky star numbers 25-78-54-36-49 which
consequently won in the 2nd category, you have therefore been approved for
a lump sum pay out 1.5 000,000.00 Euros (One Million,five hundred thousand Euros )
with REFERENCE No.:87/825/TRH and BATCH #: MEG-749-873-439.
Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep your
winning information confidential until your claims have 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. All participants were selected through a
computer ballot system drawn from over 100,000 company and 50,000,000
individual email addresses and names from all over the world.
This lottery was promoted and sponsored by Software companies in
order to enhance and promote the use of Internet Explorer Users and
Microsoft-wares around the globe.
To file for your claim, please contact our service manager:
FOREIGN OPERATION DEPARTMENT,
GRUPO BILBAO SECURITY COMPANY S.L.
Tel: +34-673-096-835
Fax:+34-917-692-914
Email: drwooleyagentclaims@yahoo.com.hk
(1).YOUR NAMES..............
(2).CONTACT ADDRESS.........
(3).TEL/ NUMBERS.........
(4).OCCUPATION.........
(5).COUNTRY .........
(6).AGE/SEX.................
(7)EMAIL ID.............
Mrs Helen Wickson
International Online Co-ordinator
All response should be sent via Email: drwooleyagentclaims@yahoo.com.hk

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