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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: "Mapfre Seguros.S.L" <Mapfre.seguross@consultant.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2016 03:52:59 -0000
Subject: Congratulations

>From the desk of the Vice President
International promotions / Prize award dept.
Euromilliones Lottery Office Spain,
62 CALLE \ San Vicente paul 1 EOD 50001, Spain.
Attn:Email Owner,
This is to notify you of your unclaimed
Euromilliones lottery winning.Your name and
email was attached to the ticket number 2113 –
09 drew the Lucky numbers 13-15-16-21-34-36
which consequently won you the lottery. You had
therefore been approved for lump sum pay out of
€815,950.00 (EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN THOUSAND
NINE HUNDRED AND FIFTY EUROS) in cash credited
to file Nº: NIS/16. This is from total cash
prize of €10,468,770.00 (TEN MILLION FOUR
HUNDRED AND SIXTY EIGHT THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED
AND SEVENTY EUROS) shared among the seventeen
international winners in this category.
To begin your claim contact our officer with the following informations:
(1) Full Name ............................................
(2) City / State ...................................
(3) Address. .............................................
(4) Occupation ............................................
(5) Telephone number ....................................
(6) Sex..............................................
(7) Age........................................
(8) Fax number ........................................

Fudiciary officer's Name: Don Bernardo Cruz
Contact Email:Mapfre.seguross@consultant.com
Office Telephone:+34 652 651 6622

WARNING:This Electronic Mail and any attached files transmitted are
confidential and for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are
addressed to.Please keep this notice ‘Confidential’(2016 ELG, all rights
reserved).International Lottery board stopped publishing winners details
online due to the abuse of this promotion program by unscrupulous
individuals.


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