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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: "Cecelia Alfonso" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <writemircoword@aol.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2010 12:29:45 -0700
Subject: CUSTOMER SERVICE

CUSTOMER SERVICE
CALLE LAS ROZAS 48,28230
MADRID SPAIN/ESPANA

Reference No: EU/54797/MI
Batch No: EU/G001/MI
Qualification No: EU/6747/MI

OFFICIAL WINNING NOTIFICATION.

Welcome to Euro Millions Jackport we are pleased to inform you of the released results of the Sweepstakes
Promotion program organized by Euro Millions in conjunction with the foundation for the Promotion of
software products, June 15th 2010, in Spain-Madrid.

Your email address emerged as one of the on-line Winning emails, and therefore You have been approved
for a cash award 500,000.00(FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND EUROS) this is from a total cash prize of FIVE
MILLION EUROS Shared among the ten International winners.

To begin your claim contact our Accredited agent.
Mr. Alex Pedro.
Tel: +34-673-574-994
Email: writemircoword@aol.com

This Lottery is approved by the Spanish Gaming Board and also licensed by the International Association of
Gaming Regulators (IAGR) All winnings must be claimed not later than seven working day there after all
unclaimed funds would be included in the next stake.

NOTE: This Email Lottery is sponsored by Euro Millions the members of Spanish MSFT Word Resource
Consortium Software Promotion Companies, and is organized to encourage the use of the Internet users and
to promote computer literacy world wide.

Congratulations!!!

Sincerely,
Mrs. Cecelia Alfonso
Euro Million Lottery Coordinator.

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