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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: lottolottospain@zipmail.com.br
Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 05:47:59 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?=20RE=3A=20AWARD=20NOTIFICATION=20FINAL=20NOTICE=2E?=

INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY COMMISSION.
C/BUSMAN EL BUENO,137 MADRID - ESPANA.

EMAIL:lottolottospain@zipmail.com.br

FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,

REF: LP/26510460037/05 BATCH: 24/00319/IPD

DEAR SIR/Madam,

RE: AWARD NOTIFICATION FINAL NOTICE.

Congratulations Category A prize winner! You have been
selected as one of two winners of the INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY
COMMISSION computer ballot draws and thus will be a
privileged recipient of the grand draw prize of
1,850,000.00 (One million eight hundred and Fifty thousand
Euros only).Winning File Reference number for your prize is
P/26510460037/05; ticket number 004-05117963-198.

We in the INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY COMMISSION is by this
program, launching our model computer balloting lottery
draws,developed and designed to satisfy the cravings of the
ever growing number of participants in our various lottery
programs. With funds accrued exclusively from previous
draws, payouts to all winners are guaranteed and will be
transferred in record time.

After randomly selecting 15,000 participants from an
initial database of 300,000 emails and zoning all
participants by their respective continents from across the
globe, we produced an extensive list from which you have
emerged as one of the winners of the Grand Draw prize.

To ensure a smooth collection of your winnings,the transfer
of your prize is to be handled by our Prize Transfer
agents.You are to contact our agents by email and/or fax as
soon as you receive this notice.

Please find full contact details, below:-

MR HENRY PETERS
Operation Manager
Euro-City-securitas.
Madrid Spain
Tel: (+34) 616 57 3154
Fax: (+34) 665 04 8681
Email: eurocity_securitas1@yahoo.es

Also find all other relevant winning lottery
Information below:

Draw Serial No: 99375
Batch No: 24/00319/IPD
Zonal Draw No: A2-003
Grand Draw No: 12099

You are seriously advised to keep all winning lottery
information and numbers from the public in line with our
company security protocol to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted abuse of this program by unscrupulous
individuals.

Please direct all further correspondences and queries to
your respective category Prize Transfer handlers.
Congratulations once again from the INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY
family.

Sincerely,

G.S.GARCIA
International Promotions Manager
INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY COMMISSION




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