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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: EURO MILLION LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL <euromillionmail@casinomail.com>
Date: Sun, 02 May 2004 22:43:43 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATION!!! FINAL AWARD NOTIFICATION PROGRAM.EUROMILLIONLOTTERY INTERNATIONAL


EURO MILLION LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL
CALLE MOSTOLES 23C PISO 6G 28923 MADRID ESPANA.
DATE:22ND NOV, 2005.
FROM:THE DESK OF THE VICE PRESIDENT
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD...
REFERENCE: 67/55/IBL
BATCH: EGGS-541-444-081

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the euro million Lottery international programs held on the 6th of November 2005. Your E-mail address attached to Ticket number 331-554-075-495 with Serial number 321-570-160-006 drew the lucky numbers00-87-85-69-89, which consequently won in the 1st category, you have therefore been approved for a lump sum payout of EURO€1,000,000.00 (One Million Euro).

This is from a total cash prize of EURO€10,000,000.00 Million shared amongst Ten International Lucky Winners in the Category A + (Plus).

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

This lottery is a promotional program by EURO MILLION LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL
(Biggest lottery Organization in the ESPANA) to advertise to the world its existence.

All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from over 50,000 companies and 2,000,000 individual email addresses from all over the world, as part of our international promotions program, which we intend to conduct several times a year.
Be informed that your documents have to pass our authority to obtain a clearance, which shall be attached to your document in readiness of the subsequent onward transfer into your nominated bank account with 24 hours of completion of the authentication.

Due to the possibility of unscrupulous individuals filing a double claim, we suggest that you keep this award strictly confidential until your claim has been processed and notarized and your certificate of award obtained.

This is in conformity with the lottery claim regulations by our Organization & High Court of Justice.

This is part of our security protocol measures to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants/non participants.
All winnings must be claimed not later than 31st November 2005. After this date all unclaimed funds will be included in the next stake. Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.
To file for your claim, please contact our /your processing/claim agent

DR.LEO CARLOS (SANTALUCIA SECURITY COMPANY)
TEL:0034-606-007-531 .
Email:santaluciaespana@netscape.net

NOTE: All winnings must be notarized and a certificate of award must be obtained from the High Court of Justice to complete the claims process, this certificate can only be obtained through legal representation so winners will be referred to a lawyer to assist in this process.
Winners are to cover the legal charges for the notarization of the claims form and the acquisition of the certificate of award not EURO MILLION LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL.
In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, provide the following when replying:
You are required to present your information of identity to prove you are the user of this email address, either your country passport or any other valid identity is required.
Delays will compel us to disperse your funds, in other words, we shall divert your funds as stated above.
Kindly remember to quote your reference number numbers in all correspondence.

Finally, you call on us and make sure that you save a copy of this mail and note every letter clearly as stated for we will not be held responsible should there be any complications in this transaction due to laxity on your part.
Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for being part of our promotional program.
We wish you good fortunes.
Sincerely yours,
MRS,COMFORT JOSE
Lottery Co-ordinator Espana

NOTICE: You have received this message from the EURO MILLION LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL PRIZE dept. at your e-mail address because you have visited on of our sponsored sites and have voluntarily given your email address to receive mails from
their sponsors.If you wish to be taken out of this list do not reply to this mail, reply to the agent with the words remove. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not, directly or indirectly, use, disclose, distribute, print or copy any part of this message. If you believe you have received this message in error, please delete it and all copies of it from your system and notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail.
Thank you.


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