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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: LOTERIA PRIMITIVA INTERNATIONAL. <yolihelena@inbox.com>
Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2006 16:00:42 +0200
Subject: EMAIL AWARD MEGA JACK POT !!!


FROM: THE DESK OF LOTERIA PRIMITIVA
INTERNATIONAL,ESPANAINTERNATIONAL
PROMOTIONAL/AWARD/DEPARTMENT
MARID, ESPANA.
http://loteria.com/primitiva.php


REF NUMBER: HL/05/37504327/ES.
TICKET NUMBER: SM/2774/35/98.


EMAIL- LOTTERY AWARD PROMOTIONAL PROGRAM.


Attn: Lucky Winner,

We are please to announce you as one of the 12 lucky winners in the email lottery programme draw of the LOTERIA PRIMITIVA held on the 29th of December 2005. All 12 winning addresses were randomly selected from a batch of 10,000,000.00 international emails your email address emerged along side with 12 others as a category 6 winner in this year's loteria primitiva award Draw.

Most recently the foundation set up the NEW HOPE LOTTERY to give out prizes based on the computer ballot system (THEREFORE YOU DO NOT NEED TO BUY A TICKET TO ENTER FOR IT.YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS WAS RANDOMLY SELECTED AS A WINNER).

Consequently, you have therefore been approved a MEGA JACK POT of 1, 486, 653.09 euro (One million, four hundred and eighty-six thousand, six hundred and fifty-three euro nine cent) only. The following particulars are attached to your lotto payment order:

(i)Result winning numbers: 4-10-20-23-46-48-30-7
(ii)Email ticket number: SM/2774/35/98
(iii)Lotto code number: ZPD82649PK
(iv)The file Ref number: HL/05/37504327/ES

Please, note that you will be require to notarized and obtained a vetting approval before your winning prize can be transferred. To immediately claim your prize, contact the claim/paying agent on the telephone number below.

LOTERIA PRIMITIVA CLAIM DEPARTMENT
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(MR. MARK LOPEZ)
HEAD OFFICE CALLE/ESPANA CARLOS 21
478935. MADRID, SPAIN
TEL: 0034-628-556-880.
E-MAIL TO: primitivaclaims@netscape.net

The above claim agent will assist you in the processing and remittance of your prize funds to you, not later than one week after this date. If you do not contact and process your winning prize, all funds will be returned as unclaimed. Call the above number for more details.

N.B: Terms and conditions to claiming your prize:
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1. Please quote your Reference number in all correspondence with the claims officer.
2. Indicate your full name and address, Country, Telephone, mobile and fax number and occupation.

Furthermore, should there be any change of address do Inform the CLAIM AGENT as soon as possible. Congratulations once more from our members of staff.

For proper verification on your lucky winning prize, you are to visit our online site http://loteria.com/primitiva.php, and indicate the date this email lottery programme draw of the LOTERIA PRIMITIVA was held (29th of December 2005) and there you will find your result winning number.

Once again on behalf of all our staff, CONGRATULATIONS!!! . This promotion programme is sponsored by LOTERIA PRIMITIVA to encourage the use of internet. All information’s have to be kept out of public until you have received your winning prize; this is to avoid double claim and unwarranted abuse of the programme by some participants.

Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.

Sincerely,
Yoli helena.
Promotions Manager
The Loteria Primitiva
Espana & Europe.

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This e-mail transmission contains information that is confidential and may be privileged. It is intended only for the addressee(s) named above.
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REPLY TO: primitivaclaims@netscape.net

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