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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: arlotonazo@handbag.com
Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 16:22:41 +0100
Subject: !!! CONGRATULATION YOU ARE A WINNER !!!

FROM: THE OFFICE OF THE LOTTERY COORDINATOR,
EL LOTONAZO LOTTO PROGRAMM/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT

11th March,2005


DEAR WINNER,
WINNER OF FIRST CATEGORY DRAWS
Congratulations to you as we bring to your notice, the results of the 1st
Category draws of EL LOTONAZO LOTTO PROGRAMM. We are happy to inform you
that you have emerged as a winner under the first Category, which is part
of our promotional draws. The draws were held on wednesday 9th February,
2005 and results are being officially announced today. Participants were
selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 300,000 names/email
addresses of individuals and companies from Africa, America, Asia, Australia,
Europe, Middle East, and Oceania as part of our International Promotions
Program.

You, attached to ticket number 3541-5-486, with serial number 59-22 drew
the winning numbers 5 20 21 23 45 48-38 which consequently won in the first
Category.
You have therefore been awarded a lump sum pay out of ¬1,000 000.00 (One
Million Euros), which is the winning payout for 1st Category winners. This
is from the total prize money of 4,228 250.00 (Four Million Two Hundred and
Twenty-Eight Thousand Two Hundred and Fifty Euros)shared among twenty-seven
winners of different categories.
CONGRATULATIONS!
Your fund is now deposited with our International Funds Transfer agents DKV
SEGUROS S.A. and has been insured in your name. In your best interest and
also to avoid mix up of numbers and names of any kind, we request that you
keep the entire details of your award strictly from public notice until the
process of transferring your claims has been completed, and your funds remitted
to your account.
This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous
acts by participants/nonparticipants of this program.
We also wish to bring to your notice our end of year premium stakes draw
where you stand a chance of winning up to US$25,000 000.00 million that will
be shared amongst 10 winners worldwide; we hope that with a part of your
prize you will participate.
Please contact your claims agent immediately for due processing and remittance
of your prize money to a bank account of your choice:
MR. CRISTOBAL DIAZ
FINANCE MANAGER,
DKV SEGUROS S.A.
Avenida Espinosa Raul 32, 28007 Madrid,Spain
TEL : +34 63 5862335,
Email: segurosdkv@walla.com
You are advised to contact your agent by email or Telephone within one month
of receiving this notice. Failure to do so may warrant immediate disqualification.

NOTE: For easy reference and identification, find below your reference and
Batch numbers. Remember to quote these numbers in every one of your correspondence
with your claims agent.
REFERENCE NUMBER: REF: ES/77-301/PFS
BATCH NUMBER: R2/A198-5
Congratulations once again from all our staff and
thank you for being part of our promotions program.

Sincerely,

Mrs.Rosario Augustine
LOTTERY CORDINATOR
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 transfer
agent immediately.




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