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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:

Fraud email example:

From: "euro/afro lotto" <hil_uklotto@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 09:35:17 -1000
Subject: EURO/AFRO LOTTO CONGRATULATE'S YOU

FROM: THE OFFICE OF THE LOTTERY COORDINATOR,
EURO/AFRO INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY PROGRAMM,
PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT.
SUPPORT CENTRE,BEVAN HOUSE,
51 BEVAN AVENUE,CONWY LL28 5AF,


mailto: ter_eurafro@inmail24.com


DEAR WINNER,


WINNER OF FIRST CATEGORY DRAWS.


Congratulations to you as we bring to your notice, the
results of the
1ST Category draws of EURO/AFRO INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY PROGRAMM. We
are happy to inform
you that you have emerged a winner under the first
Category, which is
part of our promotional draws. The draws were held on
14TH JAN 2005 and results are being officially
announced today .

Participants were selected through a computer ballot
system drawn from 36,040 names/email
addresses of individuals and companies from Africa,
America, Asia,
Australia, Europe, Middle East, and Oceania as part of
our International
Promotions Program.
You, attached to ticket number 02-5945, with serial
number
271-11674938-125 drew the winning numbers 1-01 05 12
20 31+05 07 which consequently
won in the first Category.
You have therefore been awarded a lump sum pay out of
£.5,000 000.00
(two Million five hundred thousand British pound sterling), which is
the winning payout for first Category winners. This
is from the total prize money of £45,228 250.00
(Fourty five Million Two hundred and twenty eight
thousand two hundred and fifty British pound sterling) shared among
twenty-seven winners of different categories.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Your fund is now deposited with our International
Funds Transfer agents
SANTALUCIA SEGURO S.A. and has been insured for your
best
interest and also to avoid mix up of numbers and names
of any kind, we
request that you keep the entire details of your award
strictly from
public notice until the process of transferring your
claims has been
completed, and your won prize/money be send to you .
This is part of our security protocol to avoid double
claiming or
unscrupulous acts by participants/nonparticipants of
this program.
We also wish to bring to your notice our end of year
premium stakes
draw where you stand a chance of winning up to
,€150,000 000.00 million
that will be shared amongst 97 winners worldwide; we
hope that with a
part of your prize you will participate.
Please contact your claims agent immediately for due
processing and
PAYMENT OF your prize money to you.

MR.TERRY DONALD
FINANCE MANAGER,
SANTALUCIA SEGURO ,


mailto: ter_eurafro@inmail24.com


You are advised to contact your agent by email or
Telephone within fifteen days (15)
of receiving this notice. Failure to do so may
warrant immediate disqualification.

NOTE: For easy reference and identification, find
below your reference
and Batch numbers. Remember to quote these numbers in
every one of your
correspondence with your claims agent.
REFERENCE NUMBER: REF: ES/77-301/PFS
BATCH NUMBER: 83810-0.


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

Sincerely,

Mrs.Hilla Jane
LOTTERY CORDINATOR
mailto: ter_eurafro@inmail24.com


N.B: Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the
winners will
result to disqualification. Please do not reply to
this mail. Contact your
transfer agent immediately.



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