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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: "ELGORDO DE LA PRIMITIVA ESPANA" <elgordolotto_espana2004@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: arsana_rosa@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2005 12:22:10 +0100
Subject:

Apartado de Correos 529 08/02/05
28085, Madrid-ESPAÑA.
TELFAX: 0034 652 137 189. REF: BGM/0207859035/09
BATCH: 27/4424/APL
ATTENTION: BENEFICIARY.

EL GORDO DE LA PRIMITIVA AWARD NOTIFICATION FINAL NOTICE

We are pleased to inform you of the release of the EL GORDO DE LA PRIMITIVA LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS PROGRAMMES held on the 20TH DEC, 2004.




Your email name was entered as a dependent client with REFERENCE Nº: BGM/0207859035/09 and BATCH Nº: 27/4424/APL. Should there be any discrepancy in your email name and address, please contact ASSITTANCIA 2000 SECURITY S.A.Your email name attached to ticket number:0016-359142-07 with serial number:52201-61drew the lucky winning numbers : 14-26-27-40-42-48. Which subsequently, won the lottery in the second category. You have therefore been approved for a winning payment of €960,000.00 (NINE HUNDRED AND SIXTY THOUSAND, EUROS In cash credited to file claims number: FGL/2002365214/MD/03. This is from a total cash prize of Euros 17,368,770.00 (SEVENTEEN MILLION, THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY EIGHT THOUSAND, SEVEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY EUROS ) Shared among seventeen international winners in this category. Congratulations!!!
Your fund is now deposited with a security company insured to your email name. Due to mixed up of some numbers and email names, we ask that you keep this award from public notice until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to your nominated account as this is a part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unwarranted taking advantage of this program by participant.


All participants were selected through a computer ballot system and sponsored by MAPFRE MARKETING S.L. drawn from 25,000 (TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND), email names from Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Europe and North America as part of our international promotions programme which we conduct once every year. We hope that with a part of your prize you will take part in our end of year high stake €1.3 billion international lottery.
To begin your claim, please contact: ROBERTO NINO Foreign Operations Manager of ASSITANCIA 2000 SUCURITY S.A on TEL:+34-635-339-775 , & FAX:+34-656-476-157. processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated account of your choice. Remember that all prize money must be claimed not later than 28TH FEB, 2005. After this date all funds will return to the MINISTRY DE ECONOMIC Y HACIENDA as unclaimed.
CLAIM´S REQUIREMENT:PHOTOCOPY OF IDENTITY&TAX CLEARANCE CERTIFICATE WHICH IS TO BE OBTAIN BY YOUR CLAIM AGENT WITH THE SUM OF €196,06CENTS ONLY ).
NOTE:In order to avoid unnecessary delay and complication if there is any changes of your address, please do inform your claims agent, please remember to quote your reference number and batch number at every of your correspondence with us or your claims agent. And we hope that you will participate in our end of year high stake award. Enclose with this is a prize claim processing form.
Congratulations once again and thank you for been a part of our international promotions programme.
NOTE: Contact your claim agent during working hour from 8AM to 9PM SPANISH TIME.




Sincerely,


ARSANA ROSA PRIZE CLAIM TRACK.
VICE PRESIDENT:.................. Nº: 9540772140


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