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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: "accl" <accl2006@excite.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 08:25:53 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: URGENTE.




Customer ServicesACCL. Inter Cooperate Head Office Spain,Ref: ES/9420X2/T008Batch: ES/05/M00921st June, 2006INITIATION OF AWARD CLAIM PROCESSES

Attn , Amarjit Singh,We are pleased to inform you of the result of our 2006 International prize Award.Your email address, attached to ticket number 04142331354124,with serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers 37-13-34-85-56-42, won in category C (third category). CONGRATULATIONS!!!You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay of 150,000.00 Euros credited to security file number ES/4080318306/AL. This is from total prize money of E15,000,000.00 shared among the ten(10) international winners in all categories. All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 30,000 names from Australia, New Zealand, Africa, America, Asia, Europe,USA and North America as part our International Promotions Program, which is conducted annually.CONGRATULATIONS! Your fund is now insured awaiting claim. 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. You are at this point advised to contact our claims officer below to begin your claim:Name: MR MIGUEL FREY Email: accl2006@excite.comTel:+ +34 692 354 358You will be given a form to complete and return same to our lawyer whose details will be given after you have confirmed the receipt of this winning notification .He will thereafter forward claims to any one of our appointed financial trustees.You are advised to initiate contact with our agent within three weeks of the receipt of this mail. Any prize whose collection is not initiated within the stipulated time will be deemed unclaimed. Yours Sincerely,Mrs.Maria GonzalesFor Claims Manager



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