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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: "Linda Johnson" <euronotify2@msn.com>
Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2005 17:22:21 +0000
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATIONS!!!

EURO UNION GOLD SWEEPSTAKES
Euro union Gold Headquarters
28 TANFIELD ROAD,
CROYDON.LONDON

Ref: EUG/941OYI/05
Batch: 06/21/0050




WINNING NOTIFICATIONS:

We happily announce to you Eurounion Gold sweepstakes 10th anniversary draw
held on monday
the 30th of Novaember 2005 in London.Your e-mail address attached to ticket
number
: 56475600545 188 with Serial number 5388/02 drew the lucky
numbers:14,21,25,39,40,40,47(20),which subsequently won you the lottery in
the 2nd category.You are therefore, been approved to claim a total sum of
£250,000.00 (Two Hundred and fifty Thousand Great British Pounds)in cash
credited to file KPC/9081118307/05T.This is from a total cash prize of
£2,500,000.00 shared amongst the first Ten (10) lucky winners in this
category.
This year Lottery Program Jackpot is the largest ever in the history of
Eurounion Gold Sweepstakes.
The estimated £2,500,000.00 jackpot would be the sixth-biggest in U.K.
history. The biggest was the £363 million jackpot that went to two winners
in a May 2000 drawing of The Big Game, Mega Millions\' predecessor.
Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet
representative
office in Europe as indicated in our play coupon. In view of this, your
£250,000.00
(Two Hundred and fifty Thousand Great British Pounds) would be released to
you by our affiliate Courier in London.Our agent will immediately commence
the process to facilitate the release
of your funds to you as soon as you make contact with him .
All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site through
computer
draw system and extracted from over 100,000 companies.This promotion takes
place annually. For security reasons, you are advised to keep you winning
information confidential till your claims is processed and your money
remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize. This is
a part of our precautionary
measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by
some unscrupulous elements.
Please be warned.To file for your claim, please contact our Head of Claims
Department with
the below details for processing of your claims.

Eurounion sweepstakes Claims Department
Contact person: kent walters
Email:eurounion@eugsuk.com
TEL :+447040197576

To avoid unnecessary delays and complications,
please quote your reference/batch numbers in any correspondences with
us or our designated agent.Congratulations once more from all members and
staff of this program.
Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.
Sincerely,

Linda Johnson

Zonal coordinator














NB.
1) You have recieved this email Because your email address was included in
our Lottery database.if you are not interested in claiming your winning,
please send us a blank email with the subject "Disclaimer";
2) Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winner(s) will result
to
disqualification.


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