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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: "EUROMILLIONS INTERNATIONAL" <winner@euromillions-ielott.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 03:32:56 +0000
Subject: LOTTERY WINNINGS: PROMPT CLAIMS REQUIRED!!!


EUROMILLIONS INTERNATIONAL eLOTTERY,
PRIZE/CLAIMS SERVICE DEPT.
REF NO: MELI/1Q/744K/0P47-ER
BATCH NO: J5-1812/01
DATE: 22-04-2005

DEAR WINNER,

REF: FINAL WINNING NOTIFICATION

We gladly announce the result of the EUROMILLIONS
INTERNATIONAL eLOTTERY cyber lotto free draw
programme,conducted on the 15th of April
2005

The cyber lotto was conducted by a first
of its kind automated computer balloting
system, involving over 300,000,000 email
addresses worldwide. A draw was held in 6
categories and winners emerged from
different parts of the world and they are
entitled to various cash prizes depending
on their categories. Your email address
attached to ticket number: 895-023688326-04
with Serial number: 247/01 drew the lucky
numbers: [ CC1Q-C572392379 ], which
subsequently won as the sole lottery
winning in category "C". You have
therefore been approved for a bulk sum
payout of 2,500,000.00euros TWO MILLION
FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND EUROS ONLY) in cash.
This is from a total quarterly cash prize
sum 26,250,000.00euros (TWENTY SIX MILLION,
TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND EUROS)
Shared amongst 15 winners.

CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR WINNINGS!!!

Your prize money has been deposited with a
reputable financial institution, and will
be released to you after proper clearance
and certification of your claim. Due to
mix up of some numbers, emails and names,
we ask that you keep your winning
information very confidential till your
claim has been processed and your prize
money remitted to you. This is part of our
security protocol to avoid double claiming
and unwarranted abuse of this program by
some participants.

All participants were selected randomly
from the World Wide Web from over
300,000,000 extracted personal and company
email address and winners gotten through
an automated computer ballot system. This
promotion takes place quarterly. We
hope with part of your winning you will
take part in our weekly lottery and others,
with proceeds going to AIDS and medical
research, charities and relief efforts around
the world.

To file for, process and remit your claim,
please contact our/your fiducial agent:

MR PIERCE DUNCAN, of
CAPITAL TRUST FIDUCIAL CONSULTANT.

EMAIL:
winner_euromillions@capital-tfconsultant.com

TEL:   +44 704 012 0825
FAX:   +44 870 135 1411

Note that all winnings must be claimed
not later than 5th of May, 2005. After
this date all unclaimed, funds will be
included in the next stake. Please note
also, in order to avoid unnecessary
delays and complications remember to
quote your reference number and batch
numbers in all correspondence.
Furthermore, should there be any change
of address do inform our agent as soon as
possible.

Congratulations once more from all
members and staffs of this program. Thank
you for being part of our promotional
cyber lotto free draw program.

NOTE:ANYBODY UNDER THE AGE OF 18YEARS
IS AUTOMATICALLY DISQUALIFIED.

Best wishes,

MRS. MARIELLA RON DYKE,
eLOTTERY COORDINATOR,
EUROPE,THE MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA.

cc: INFORMATION DEPT.

*WARINING:
YOU ARE ADVICED TO KEEP ALL LOTTERY
INFORMATION FROM ANY THIRD PARTY AS WE
WILL NOT ENTERTAIN CASES OF MULTIPLE
CLAIMS PROCESSING OR COMPROMISE THE
PRIVACY AND SECURITY OF YOU THE WINNER.
THIS IS IN LINE WITH THE DATA PROTECTION
ACT OF THE EUROMILLIONS INTERNATIONAL
eLOTTERY.


      

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