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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: "Mrs. Alexandria Reyes" <reyes@euromail.net> (may be fake)
Reply-To: swhite@euromail.net
Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2002 04:10:56 +0000
Subject: AWARD NOTIFICATION; FINAL NOTICE

EUROPE ELGORDO
SWEEPSTAKE
LOTTERY
INTERNATIONAL
MADRID,SPAIN.


ATTENTION:
AWARD NOTIFICATION; FINAL NOTICE

We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today,11TH APRIL, 2005 of
winners of the EUROPE ELGORDO SWEEPSTAKE LOTTERY/ INTERNATIONAL, PROGRAMS held on
30 MARCH, 2005.

Your email address is attached to ticket number 023-0148-790-459, with serial
number 5073-11 drew the lucky numbers 43-11-44-37-10-43, and consequently won the
lottery in the 3rd category.
You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay of US$1,000,000:00 (one
million united states of america dollars)in cash credited to file REF NO.
EESW/25041238013/03.

This is from total prize money of US$80,400,000.00 shared among the seventeen
international winners in this category. All participants were selected through a
computer ballot system drawn from a collation of frequent internet users from all
over the world from Australia, New Zealand, America,Europe, North America,Africa,
middle east and Asia as part of International Promotions Program, which is
conducted bia-annually.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Your fund is now deposited with a Security company insured in your name. Due to
the mix up of
some numbers and names, 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 your
prize, you will participate in our end of year high stakes US$1.3 billion
International Lottery.

To begin your claim, please you are to provide the below details to this
commission via email to MR SPIFF WHITE, FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER, MADRID SPAIN,
{swhite@euromail.net}.
For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated account of
your choice and to enable the speedy evaluation and processing of your winnings.
we advice that you adhere
strictly to procedures, to avoid any disqualifications and subsequent cancelation

1. your full names
2. your full home / office address
3. direct telephone/fax numbers
4. occupation / age
5. next of kin
6. amount won
7. lottery date

the above detailed information will be absolutely neccessary for the processing
of your payment cheques,drafts or wire transfers.

Please note that this winning is valid for THREE WEEKS and failure to issue
claims after this period will automatically void your payment. Remember to quote
your ticket number, serial number and lucky number in your future correspondence.
Furthermore, should there be any change of your
address, do inform your claim agent as soon as possible.

Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being part of
our promotions program.

Yours Sincerely,
Mrs. Elizebeth chez Reyes

N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of any of our winners will
result to disqualification.

SORRY FOR THE LATE INFORMATION THANKS

Mrs Reyes,
PROMOTION MANAGER
EUROPE ELGORDO PROMO LOTTERY COMPANY
MADRID SPAIN




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