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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: sandramore@handbag.com
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 17:09:04 +0100
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION !!!

EURO PRIZE BONANZA AWARD
EURO LOTTERY.
CALLE PASEO GENERALITAT 27B, 105 PH,
BARCELONA - SPAIN.
E-mail:
EURO LOTTERY WINNER
ATTENTION: REF. NO: EU/EMAIL303/EU06
Euro Price Bonanza wishes to inform you of the results of the E-mail address
ballot lottery international program by Euro Lottery Union held on the 23rd
of Feb, 2005. Your email account has been picked as a winner of 600,000.00Euro
Only (SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND EUROS ONLY).

This results is now released to you on the 24 of feb 2005, and your
email address attached to Serial No:0631505 with the Lucky No:
04,62,43,71,92,Security file No W-91237-H°67/B4. Which won the lottery in
the A Category. All participants were selected through a computer ballot
system drawn from Microsoft users from company and individual email addresses
users.
Be advice to keep your winning information confidential until your claims
has been processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our security
protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program,For
the release of your winning,Kindly contact your claim's agent :
TRIANGLE AGENCY S.A.
Calle Sant Miquel 36,Barcelona-Spain.
Email- trianglesa@netscape.net
Attention.Roberto Nino
NOTE: All winnings must be notarized to complete the
claim process; winners will be referred to a Claim´s agent,to have their
winning notarized.Winners are to cover the legal charges not
EURO LOTTERY.

Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications please remember to quote your reference
number and batch numbers in all correspondence.

They are your agent, and responsible for the
processing and transfer of your winnings fund to you.
YOUR SECURITY FILE NUMBER IS W-91237-H°67/B4 (keep
personal) Remember, your winning must be claimed not
later than 25-03-05). After this date,

funds might be returned to the unclaimed. Furthermore,
should there be any change in your address, do inform
your claims agent as soon as possible.
Congratulations from the staff and thank you
for being part of email account users program.
Yours Sincerely,
Mrs. Sandra Moore.




N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the
winners will result to disqualification. Please do not
reply to this mail. Contact your claims agent MR.ROBERTO NINO at infotrianglesa@netscape.net

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