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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: "Mrs. Teresa Garcias" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <npcmssbv01@aol.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2010 04:37:37 -0800
Subject: ** Notification of email award**

** Notification of email award**


We happily notify you of the draw of the Email Lottery Ballot - World
Gaming Board Sweepstakes program for the month of October, 2010 in El Gordo
de la Primitiva Lottery International Promotions Program. Your email
address attached to our Lottery payment order, had the following
details:(i) Ticket Nr.:18457SP; (ii) Lucky Nrs.:SPX56789; (iii) Reference
Nr.:5687SPL876;(iv) Batch Nr.:SPYU6868; which consequently won you this
lottery in the 1st category.
You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of One Million Two
Hundred Euro only (1,200,000,00 Euros) in Certified Bank Draft issued in
your name, and credited to your File Reference number as quoted above.

A total of 500,000 email addresses were entered for the Email Lottery
Ballot - World Gaming Board Sweepstakes International. All email addresses
entered for the game were submitted by our partners; International email
service providers from over 140 countries that are listed, online and were
thereafter randomly selected systematically through our Electronic Random
Selection System (ERSS).

The payment authority of your prize - One Million Two Hundred Euro only,
in Certified Bank Draft issued in your name- is already deposited and
insured in your name with our Paying Bank pending your claim and will be
issued to effect immediate payment/swift transfer in the mode you will
prefer and nominate, upon satisfactory report on your identity
verification and validation recommendation by our Claims Department - El
Gordo de la Primitiva Lottery International Promotions Program. Due to the
mix up of certain names, you are advised to keep your winning information
confidential until your claim has been processed and your money paid to
you.

All winnings must be claimed as soon as possible. To file for your claim,
please contact our Claims Department: while quoting: (i). Your full
name(s) and Nationality;(ii). Reference Number and (iii). Batch Number.
DR. Gerald Erichsen.
TEL: +34-672-530-622.
Email:npcmsbv01@aol.com

Faithfully yours,
Mrs. Teresa Garcias.

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