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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
1. They don't notify winners by email.
2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- lotterywinners_1@hotmail.com (Hotmail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "John Edmond" <ashanticent@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 02:37:20 +0000
Subject: Congratulations Europelottobv Winner

FROM:PROMOTIONS DEPARTMENT OF EUROPE LOTTO BV WINNING NOTICE FOR 2ND
CATEGORY WINNER - Ref No:EL/04/736207152/NL

Attention:

Europe lotto BV (www.europelottobv.8m.com) has just concluded final
drawsfrom it's periodical promotional program.An exclusiveof thousands of
individual and corporate bodies were picked by automated random computer
search from the internet.No tickets were sold. Your email address emerged as
one of three winners in the 2nd category.Only email addresses were
soughted,from a total number of 25,000 addresses drawn from all over the
globe. After an automated computer ballot of our Europe Promotions
Program,only THREE winners emerged in this category and therefore each are
to receivepayouts of ?5,000,000,00 from the total of ?15,000,000.00 (FIFTEEN
MILLION EUROS).
However,every email address selected was accompanied by a reference and
ticket number,after the cyber lotto selection,the below ticket and reference
numbers emereged as one of the lucky winners in the above category.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Reference number for your prize is:EL/04/736207152/NL
Ticket number:EL754/22/76
For confirmation of the claim of your prize money,you are to send an email
to our customer service representative with informations below for further
instructions on how you can claim your prize:
Chris Lingard
Customer Service Representative
Europe Lotto BV Netherlands
mail to: Lotterywinners_1@hotmail.com
The code number for Europe Lotto BV:EL09622NL

You may be required to provide any of the above information during the
process of collecting your prize. We congratulate you once again and it is
our hope that you participate in any of our Europe programs in the nearest
future.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Amanda Brooks,
Promotions Manager
EuropelottoBV

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