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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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Fraud email example:

From: brainn-cummingg@tiscali.it
Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2004 04:40:57 -0800
Subject: PERSONAL(SEASON WINNING)

NUEVO ORO LOTTO COMPANY S.L
CALLE LIMA 27.
MADRID 28081
SPAIN.
WINNING NOTIFICATION
FROM: THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER, INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD
DEPARTMENT.
REF: NL/3167084000127/04 BATCH: 17/00421/IPD
RE: AWARD NOTICE.
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement, of winners of the
NUEVO LOTERIA/INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION PROGRAM held on 17TH
SEPTEMBER,2004. Your contact is attached to ticket number
106-007225644647, with serial number 114876 drew the lucky numbers
07-13-27-29-31-47, and consequently won the lottery in the 1A category.
You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of One Million Six

Hundred and fourty-Seven Thousand, Eight Hundred and Twenty Eight Euros
and
Eighty-Seven Euro Cents. (EUROS 1.647.828.87) in cash credited to file
No:LP/26510460037/02. For all our international winners the value of
the amount comes to ($2.045.238.63 USD) Two Million Fouty-Five thousand,

two hundred and thrity-eight United States Dollars and Sixty three cents.
This is from total prize money of EUROS 47.640.120.00 shared among the
Fifty three local and international winners in all the categories. All
participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn form
116,000 names from Australia, New Zealand, Africa, Europe, North and
South America and Asia as part of International Promotions Program,
which is conducted annually.
CONGRATULATIONS!!! Your fund is now insured to your contact. Due to the
computer mix up of some numbers and contacts, we ask that you keep this
award strictly from public notice until your claim has been processed
and your money remitted to your account. This is part of our security
protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants
of this program. We hope with a part of you prize, you will participate
in
our end of year high stakes Euros 1.1 billion International Lottery. To
begin your claim, please contact the undersigned. Since all we have now
is the winning ticket number and your contact which was attached to the
ticket number, we shall thusawait further directives from you on how to
have your winning paid to
you.For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated
account . We also want to apologise for this late notification which
was due a computer mix up.
Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later than 25th
DECEMBER.NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications,
please remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in every one of
your
correspondences with us. Furthermore, should there be any change of
youraddress, do inform your claims agent as soon as possible.
Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for being part
of our promotions program.
Sincerely,
BRAIN CUMMING
To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent:

Mr. PETER GOMEZ
EMAIL: agentpetgomez@tsamail.co.za
NUEVO ORO LOTTO COMPANY S.L
CALLE LIMA 27.
MADRID 28081
SPAIN.


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