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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 LOTTO INTERNATIONAL <eurolottointer@europe.com>
Reply-To: europelottointer@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2010 04:42:10 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS.


EUROPE LOTTERIES INTERNATIONAL.
(UNITED KINGDOM, SPAIN, PORTUGAL, PARIS, NETHERLAND, AUSTRA, GERMANY )
Gasworks 155. Vauxhall Street , London SE115RH, United Kingdom
Phone: +44-7024056752.
Email: eurolottointer@europe.com
 
 
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION-ORGANIZATION
Reference Number: OOBB/24936889/UK.2G
Batch Number:  MMAA/RR455/UKGY/10.
 
CONGRATULATIONS.
We hereby inform you about the outcome of the Euro Millionaire LOTERIA INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS, which at 10th, May, 2010 were held.  As your Email addresses were among the people that have been merged on 9th of June, and were released. Your Email address on their behalf won the ticket number 00-280-03cg with the serial number: 119v-10 and the Lucky numbers 06-19-37, with which they have consequently match the third category. Thus they are the lump sum of € 950,500.00 in cash credited to the Reference number OOBB/24936889/UK.2G and Batch number: MMAA/RR455/UKGY/10 which your email address fall in. This is from the cash price of € 48,940,710.00 (Forty eight million, Nine Hundred and forty Thousand, Seven hundred and ten Euro Only), the warden internationally distributed amongst the winners in this category. This is to promote the use of Internet explorer wizard.
Congratulations once again.
 
In order to claim your lottery cash, contact your representative, Mr. Douglas Brown. The International coordination manager EUROPE INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY UNITED KINGDOM with Email: europelottointer@yahoo.co.uk contact him for processing and transferring your fund to your designated Bank account as soon as possible.
Send the following:
Your name and contact address
Your Reference number.
Your Batch number
Your telephone and Fax number
Thank you for making use of the internet.
Sign
Mr. Barrack Leo.
President. EUROPE LOTTERIES INTERNATIONAL UK



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