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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: "WINNING NOTIFICATION" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <claimslottoesp@aol.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 09:58:00 +0200
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION.....Congratulation 216.147.165.65

Europa Super Lotto Plus Intl. Headquarters;
Affiliate of Flyworld company based in Milan



Customer Service
Ref: SLP/6420X2/57
Batch: 074/07/JT10


WINNING NOTIFICATION:


Dear Valued Winner,

We wish to congratulate you over your email success in our 2010 Spainish Postcode Lotto E-mail program.


(i) Amount Won: €900,000 (Nine Hundred Thousand Euros Only)
(ii) Ticket Number: (ES42071-002)
(iii) Batch Number (EU-175508)
(iv) Reference Number (ES07-84-09-00-221)


Contact the claim officer with your winning references for more informations and claim including Your Full Name,Address,Telephone,Fax,Age and Occupation.

Dr. Jose Ibanez
Foreign Service Manager
Tel: +34 634 045 433
Email: claimslottoesp@aol.com

Yours faithfully,
Stefan Schumacher
Public Relation Officer


Congratulations once again from all members and staffs of this program. Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery programs.


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