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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 Millions Results" <Results@polije.ac.id>
Reply-To: msprocessing20@live.com
Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2010 06:32:24 +0100
Subject:




Euro Millions Results
London, England.

Congratulations!!!! "You have won £2,754,000.00 from Euro Millions Online Promotions

For Claims, call or email;
Mr. Michael Spencer-Hughes
Tel: +447045795051
E-mail: msprocessing20@live.com
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

The 344th EuroMillions draw took place on Friday September 10th 2010 at 10pm CET (9pm UK time) and
the following numbers were drawn

Your Email Address was attached to Millionaire Raffle: HVW107353, Drew the Lucky No:
17-21-35-41-45 Bonus 5 from 367,203 Email Addresses consequently won in the 2nd Category. You have
therefore been approved to claim a Star Prize of £2,754,000.00 in cash credited to File No:
6712314/ZAR/2010. Below is your

Winning Details;

Reference No: 27-39/MOP/2010
Batch No: 6-4/21/MOP/2010
Amount Won: £2,754,000.00

"The Validity period of the winnings is (10) Working Days, of your reply to the Agency; hence you
are expected to make your claims immediately, any claim not made before this date will be returned
as UNCLAIMED."

To claim your winning prize, you are to contact the appointed agent for the
immediate release of your winnings:


Congratulations'' once again from all our Staff and thank you for being part of our Promotions
Program.

Yours Truly,
Mrs. Carolyn A. Taylor
Promotions Manager

Copy Right (C) 2010 Euro Millions Online Promotions






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