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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: MRS COMFORT JOSE <eeurolottery@netscape.net>
Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 17:51:23 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATION YOU HAVE WON THE LOTTERY AWARD/PRIZE!!!


EURO MILLIONES SPANISH LOTTERY ESPAÑAL
C / CORDOBA Nº 14 PLANTA 2-A
28089 MADRID, ESPANA
FROM:THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
REF:67/80/IPD
BATCH:EGGS-541-623-782
DATE...24th April ,2006
RE/AWARD NOTIFICATION;FINAL NOTICE
We pleased to inform you of the announcement today,24th April 2006, winners of the EURO MILLIONES LOTTERY COMPANY S.A PROGRAMES held on the 10th April 2006.Your email address is attached to ticket number:023-0148-790-459,with serial number 5073-11 that drew the lucky numbers 43-11-44-37-10-43,and consequently won the lottey in the 2nd category. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay of EURO 1000.000.000 ( ONE MILLION EURO in cash credited to file REF NO. 67/80/IPD.This is from total prize money of €20,000,000.00 shared among the twenty international winners in this category.All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 25,000 names from Australia,New Zealand,America,Europe,North America and Asia as part of International Promotions Program, which is conducted at every three years.
CONGRATULATIONS!
Your fund is now deposited with a security company(SANTA LUCIA SECURITY COMPANY ESPAÑA) 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 beginning of year high stakes US$1.3 billion international lottery.
To begin your claims,please contact your agent;DR W.C.Pratt( KT,SSS,ACIB )
FOREIGN OPERATION DIRECTOR,
Email,fudicialagent@netscape.net or santaluciasecurity@excite.com
TEL.+34-676-744-904.
For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated account of your choice. Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later than two weeksr 2006.After this date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed to the MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA Y HACIENDA AS UNCLAIMED.NOTE:In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications,please remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in every one of your correspondences with your claim agent.
Furthermore.if there is any change of your address,do inform your claims agent as soon as possible.Congratulations again from all our staffs and thank you for being part of our promotions program.
Sincerely,
Ms COMFORT JOSE
EURO MILLIONES SPANISH LOTTERY S.A
CO-ORDINATOR

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