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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: "DR .VA OS SENDER" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <agenciasegurosdkv@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2010 23:02:10 +0200
Subject: Tel.+34 634-104-352.

THE EUROMILLION INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY
PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD
DEPT,MADRID SPAIN

THE EURO MILLIONES INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY AFFILIATE TO THE BONO LOTTO COMPANY OFFICIAL PRIZE NOTIFICATION.

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual final draws held in Spain on {2nd August, 2010} by Euromilliones in conjunction with the British American Tobacco Worldwide Promotion, your email was among the 20 Lucky winners who won $500.000.00 each on the THE EURO MILLION AWARD PROGRAM. However the results were released on the 05th August, 2010 and! sp; your email was attached to ticket number {56475600545188} and Serial Numbers {5368/02}.

The online draws was conducted by a random selection of email addresses from an exclusive list of 29,031 E-mail addresses of individuals and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search from the internet. However, no tickets were sold but all email addresses were assigned to different ticket numbers for representation and privacy.

The selection process was carried out through random selection in our computerized email selection machine {TOPAZ} from a database of over 1,000,000 email addresses drawn from all the continents of the world.

This Lottery is approved by the British Gaming Board and also licensed by the The International Association of Gaming Regulators {IAGR}.This lottery is the 3rd of its kind and we ! intend to sensitize the public.

However, you will have to fill the form below and send it to the Promotion manager of THE EURO MILLION for verification and then
you will be directed to the bank or courier where a cheque of $500,000.00 has already been deposited in your favour.


VERIFICATION AND FUNDS RELEASE FORM:


1.FULL NAMES:
2.ADDRESS:
3.SEX: AGE:
5.MARITAL STATUS:
6.OCCUPATION:
7.E-MAIL ADDRESS:
8.TELEPHONE NUMBER:
9.TICKETNUMBER:
10.SERIAL NUMBER:
11.AMOUNT WON:
12.STATE:
13.COUNTRY:
14.NEXT OF KIN:
15.HOW DO YOU FEEL AS A WINNER:

Please you are adviced to complete the form and send it immediately to our Promotion manager through email for prompt collection of your
fund from the designated bank.

{CONTACT PROMOTION MANAGER}

To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent:
Claims Unit

DR .VA OS SENDER
FOREIGN OPERATION DEPARTMENT
EL PEREZ SEGUROS S.A
Email:agenciasegurosdkv@gmail.com
Tel:+34 634-104-352

You are to keep all lotto information away from the general public especially your ticket number and ballot number. (This is important as a case of double claims will not be entertained).

*Staff of EUROMILLION and the British American Tobacco Company are not to
partake in this Lottery.

Accept my hearty congratulations once again!

Yours faithfully,
Management

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