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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: award notification <winnerlista1@web.de>
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 21:56:01 +0200
Subject: congratulation!!! your e-mail has won a lottery prize.




>From The Desk Of Vice President

Euro Millions Lottery.

MADRID - SPAIN.

www.loteria.com

Attn: Lucky Winner.

We are please to announce you as one of the 10 lucky winners in the

Euro Millones Lottery International Email Address draw on the 10th of

July of 2006. due to the mixture of email addresses the result was

released on the 18th July 2006. All 10 winning addresses were randomly selected from a batch of 50,000,000 international email addresses. Your email address emerged alongside 9 others as a category 2 winner in this year's Annual Euro Millones Lottery Draw.

Consequently, you have therefore been approved for a total pay out of

€750,000:00 (Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand Euro Only).The following

particulars are attached to your lotto payment order:

(I) Batch No: WTWU/3030/INSD

(ii) Ref No: MGMT/1770/5800/EUES

(iii) Lucky No: 06-19-25-39-44

(iv) Ticket No: 245-242-065

The Euro Millones Lottery Program is proudly sponsored by international IT companies.

The Euro Millones Lottery Program internet draw is held once in a year

and is so organized to encourage the use of the internet and computers

worldwide. We are proud to say that over 200 Million Euros are won

annually in more than 150 countries worldwide.

To claim your winning prize you are to contact the appointed agent as

soon as possible for the immediate release of your winnings.

Mr. Patrick J. Williams

KIROM NETWORK AND SECURITY COMPANY

TEL: +34-657-263-018

E-mail: contactkirom@aim.com [mailto:contactkirom@aim.com] : contact_kirom@yahoo.es [mailto:contact_kirom@yahoo.es]

N.B:Steps to claiming your prize;

1.Please quote your Reference number in all correspondence with the

claims officer.

2. You must contact the appointed agent with your Full Names, Contact

Telephone Numbers (Home, Office and Mobile Number and also Fax Number), Reference And Batch number via email to process the immediate payment of your prize.

3. Be informed that the Beneficairy has to obtain an Affidavit from the Ministry of Justice which is in accordance with the European Union Financial Commission Act 2004 on payment of International Lottery Winners to enable your appointed agent obtain the Local Government Tax certificate receipt here in Spain before the assigned paying bank can effect payment.

Please be aware that the PAYING BANK will Effect Payment Swiftly upon

satisfactory Report, Verifications and validation provided by this

Fiduciary Agent.

For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information

confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to

you.

Once again congratulations!!!

Best regards,

Mrs. Rosemod Raul.

(Vice-President)



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