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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 MARIAN AZNAR RAMIREZ <eurom@ozu.es>
Reply-To: pros_seg@ozu.es
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 21:27:56 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS LUCKY WINNER


EURO MILLONES INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY
Calle Castillaña 12.
E-28019 Madrid-Spain.
Tel/Fax:+34655 640 319.
www.euromillones.com.es
E-MAIL:eurom@ozu.es

BONUS LOTTERY PROMOTION PRIZE AWARDS WINNING NOTIFICATION

Dear Lucky Winner,

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual final draws of Euro Millones International Lottery Programs. The online cyber lotto draws was conducted from an exclusive list of 21,000 e-mail addresses of individual and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search from the internet, no tickets were sold. After this automated computer ballot, your e-mail
address emerged as one of the winners in the 2nd category with the following winning information:

REF Number: ESNL-L/200-26937
BATCH Number: 2005MJL-01
TICKET Number: 20511465463-7644
SERIAL Number: S/N-00168
LUCKY Number: 887-13-865-37-10-83

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of €750,000 ( SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND EUROS ONLY.) in cash credited to REF Numbers: UKNL-L/200-26937 BATCH Numbers: 2005MJL-01 .This is from a total cash
of €8,500,000 (EIGHT MILLION,FIVE HUNRED THOUSAND EUROS ONLY) shared amongst the 1st , 2nd , and 3rd categories

Your prize award has been insured with your e-mail address and will be transferred to you upon meeting our requirements, statutory obligations, verifications, validations and satisfactory report. To begin the claims processing of your prize winnings you are advised to contact our licensed and accredited oversea claims agent for 2nd category winners with the information below:

To file for your claim, please contact the processing agent;

Contact Person: JULIAN RICHARDSON
Company Name: PROSPERIDAD SEGURO S.A.
Tel Number : + 00 34 651 667 065
Email Address : pros_seg@ozu.es

Remember to quote your reference and batch numbers information in all correspondence with your agent.Due to mix up of some numbers and names we ask that you keep your winning information very confidential until your claims has been processed and your money remitted to you.This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants.You are to keep all lotto information away from the general public especially your reference and ticket numbers. (This is important as a case of double claims will not be entertained).

Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for being part of our promotional program.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

At your disposal, we remain.
MRS MARIAN AZNAR RAMIREZ
Sincerely Yours,

EURO MILLONES INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY
Calle Castillaña 12.
E-28019 Madrid-Spain.

NOTE: All funds must be claimed before 9th of august 2006
Anybody under the age of 17 and members of the affiliate agencies
are automatically not allowed to participate in this program


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