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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: <brewalker23@canoemail.com>
Reply-To: <prizeclaim@europe.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 00:43:49 -0700
Subject: CONFIRMATION OF EMAIL REF NUMBERS


CONFIRMATION OF EMAIL REF NUMBERS
You have won 1.000.000.00,( One million Euros) in the Euromillion Email
Sweepstakes Program Corporation, held on the 100th of September, 2010.
in
The Netherlands. We write to officially notify you of this award, and to
advise you to contact the processing office immediately upon the receipt
of this message.
Please contact the agency for your claim:
Winning Information's
Ref No:NEF/77504/2010, Lucky No 3-7-19-24-29-43-16-2,
Batch No: HLD/75421, Serial No NL 00210/2010 Ticket No 947251/01
CONTACT NAME: Mr. William Van Krost
CITY/ COUNTRY: THE HAAGUE NETHERLANDS
TEL: 0031-659-001-520 or 01131-659-001-520
EMAIL:prizeclaim@europe.com
Sincerely,
Dr.Brenda Walker,
Promotion coordinator.


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