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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: "Reyes Alexanderia" <alexreyes100@msn.com>
Reply-To: fnkwhite@walla.com
Date: Sat, 04 Feb 2006 09:05:28 +0000
Subject: AWARD NOTIFICATION; FINAL NOTICE


EUROPE ELGORDO
SWEEPSTAKE
LOTTERY/ INTERNATIONAL
MADRID SPAIN.


ATTENTION:
AWARD NOTIFICATION; FINAL NOTICE
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today,27th
January, 2006 of winners of the EUROPE ELGORDO SWEEPSTAKE
LOTTERY/ INTERNATIONAL, PROGRAMS
held on 04th 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 email address. 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 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 FRANK WHITE, FOREIGN SERVICE
MANAGER,
MADRID SPAIN, {fnkwhite@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{fnkwhite@walla.com} as soon as possible.
Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for
being part of our promotions program.
Yours Sincerely,
Mrs. Alexanderia Reyes
N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of
any of our winners will result to disqualification.
SORRY FOR THE LATE INFORMATION THANKS
Mrs Alexanderia Reyes
PROMOTION MANAGER
EUROPE ELGORDO PROMO LOTTERY 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
nformation 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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