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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: "raffle2013@libero.it" <raffle2013@libero.it>
Date: Sat, 25 May 2013 00:26:13 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION

ABC INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY.
CLAIM DEPARTMENT OFFICE,
Avenida General Fanjul 6, 28044 Madrid
ESPAÑA.
http://www.abc.es/loterias/loteria-nacional.asp

The ABC GLOBAL LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS is approved by the Spanish
Gaming Board and also licensed by the International Association of Gaming
Regulators I.A.G international emails. The said lottery email winner was held
on the 23rd of May 2013.All winnings must be claim not later than 28th of June
2013, after this date any unclaimed fund will be returned to back to the
National Lottery Board.
Your email address won the 3rd category of our lottery program for a total pay-
out $670,000.00 Dollars. Note, no tickets were sold but all email addresses
were assigned to different ticket numbers for representation and privacy.
All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
25,000 names from Middle East, Asia, Africa, Canada, Europe, USA and North
America as part our yearly International Promotions Program.

To file for your claim, please contact your claim agent with the below
details;

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Name: Mr.Dallas Jose Grey
International service Manager
Tel: +34-655-653-592
E-mail: claimdepartment@cajasegur.com


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In other to claim your 850,000.00 EURO prize winning, you will have to fill
the form below and send it back for verification and then you will be directed
how to get a ticket in your name.

NAME:……………………………….
AGE:………………………………….
SEX:………………………………….
MOBILE PHONE:…………………………….
Occupation:………………………….
COUNTRY:………………………….

Please remember to quote your Winning Numbers:

Category Number:CAT3RD/PQA/926
Ref Number: ABCLP/135740/13
Serial Number:AGLIP/0913ABC/ES
Ticket Number:AES/SL-13-34-0096
Nº Premiado: 68138; 4 & 5

Yours faithfully,
Mrs Eva González
Online coordinator
International Program.

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Note:It is your duty to keep your winning discreet in order to avoid double
claim that may lead to disqualification.

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