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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 about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "megapix megapix" <megapix8000@msn.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 08:31:14 +0000
Subject: LOTTERY AWARD PRICE WINNING NOTIFICATION

EUROMILLIONES ESPAÑOL S.L.
Av. Comunidad de Madrid,
37-41, Las Rozas
28008 Madrid,
España.

Ref: Nº: ES/EUR-2312/05.
Batch Nº: EU/012-2005-MAD.

We happily announce to you the beneficiary to this e-mail address the draw
of the EUROMILLIONES ESPAÑOL e-mail online Christmas International Lottery
Sweepstakes program held on Friday 23td December 2005. Your e-mail address
attached to ticket number 15-31-36-37-42 drew the lucky star number: (1-7)
Bonus ball which subsequently won the e-mail beneficiary in the 2nd
category.

This e-mail beneficiary has been approved to claim a total sum of EUR €
1,107,020.12. (One Million, One Hundred And Seven Thousand, Twenty Euros.
Twelve Cents) in cash credited to Ref: Nº: ES/EUR-2312/05. and Batch Nº:
EU/012-2005-MAD..

All winning email addrreses for this online version were selected randomly
from World wide web sites through computer draw system and extracted from
over 100,000 individuals, unions, associations, and corporate bodies that
were listed in the online e-mail web sites.

In view of this, all winning prize would be process for claim to you by our
registered affiliated claims agents for non-resident winners, they are your
claim processing agent and sole representative in asisting you to file and
claim your winning fund. Our European registered agent which covers your
geographica location will immediately commence the process to facilitate the
release of your funds as soon as your contact is receive by them.

For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information
confidential until your claim is processed and your money remitted to you.
This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted abuse of this program, any bridge of confidentiality on the part
of winner will lead to disqualification, please be warn.

To file your claim, please contact our registered affiliated claims agent:

***********************************************************************************************
LIBERTY SECURITY AGENCY S.A.
Gran via Nº. 12 Bajo.
C.P. 28046 Madrid
Spain.
Email: libertysecures@netscape.net

***********************************************************************************************
Remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in all correspondence
with your claim agent. Once again congratulations from all our members and
staffs of EUROMILLIONES ESPAÑOL.

PEREZ GONZALEZ CALOS.
(Promotion Director).


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