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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: "europe lottery promotion" <europesweepstake1@msn.com>
Reply-To: tom_smith05@walla.com
Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2006 18:05:19 +0000
Subject: AWARD NOTIFICATION; FINAL NOTICE

EUROPE
SWEEPSTAKE
LOTTERY/ INTERNATIONAL
MADRID SPAIN.
ATTENTION:
AWARD NOTIFICATION; FINAL NOTICE
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today, 1st Febuary,2006,
of winners of the EUROPE SWEEPSTAKE LOTTERY/ INTERNATIONAL, PROGRAMS
held on 25 January, 2006.
Your email address is attached to ticket number 023-0148-790-459, with
serial number 5073-11 drew the lucky numbers 43-11-44-37-10-43, and
consequently won the lottery in the 3rd category.
You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay of US$1,000,000:00 (one
million united states of america dollars) in cash credited to file REF NO.
ESW/25041238013/03.
This is from total prize money of US$80,400,000.00 shared among the
seventeen international winners in this category.
All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from a
collation of frequent internet users from all over the world from Australia,
New Zealand, America,Europe, North America,Africa, middle east and Asia as
part of International Promotions Program, which is conducted bia-annually.
CONGRATULATIONS!
Your fund is now deposited with a Security company insured in your name. Due
to the mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this award
strictly from public notice until your claim has been processed and your
money remitted to your account.
This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or
unscrupulous acts by participants of this program. We hope with a part of
your prize, you will participate in our end of year high stakes of US$1.3
billion International Lottery.
To begin your claim, please you are to provide the below details to this
commission via email to MR TOM SMITH, FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER, MADRID SPAIN,
{tom_smith05@walla.com}.
For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated
account of your choice and to enable the speedy evaluation and processing of
your winnings. we advice that you adhere strictly to procedures, to avoid
any disqualifications and subsequent cancelation

1. your full names
2. your full home / office address
3. direct telephone/fax numbers
4. occupation / age
5. next of kin
6. amount won
7. lottery date

the above detailed information will be absolutely neccessary for the
processing of your payment cheques,drafts or wire transfers.
Please note that this winning is valid for THREE WEEKS and failure to issue
claims after this period will automatically void your payment. Remember to
quote your ticket number, serial number and lucky number in your future
correspondence.
Furthermore, should there be any change of your address, do inform your
claim agent as soon as possible.
Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being part
of our promotions program.
Yours Sincerely,
Mr. Anthony Adams
N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of any of our winners will
result to disqualification.
SORRY FOR THE LATE INFORMATION THANKS
Mr. Anthony Adams
PROMOTION MANAGER
EUROPE SWEEPSTAKE LOTTERY PROMO COMPANY
MADRID SPAIN
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****PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL***** this e-mail and any attached files are from
Europe Elgordo Lottery Company and are confidential and may be legally
privileged. If you are not the addressee, any disclosure, reproduction,
copying, distribution, or other dissemination or use of this communication
is strictly prohibited. If you have received this transmission in error
please
notify the sender immediately and then delete this e-mail. E-mail
transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error free as information
can be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete,
or contain viruses. Europe Elgordo Lottery Company therefore cannot be held
liable for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message, which
arise as a result of e-mail transmission


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