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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: "E.U LOTTERY" <eunotification1yqekdqhw@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2006 20:31:26 -0600
Subject: FINAL AWARD NOTIFICATION RESULT !!!

FINAL AWARD NOTIFICATION RESULT !!!
E.U LOTTO AWARD
LUCKY NUMBER: <B>4</B>4/42/09-ANL/06
TICKET NUMBER: 67-84-501
YOUR REF NUMBER: AD/GU8<I>88</I>/68/06.NH
OUR CONTACT E-MAIL: euresult2@aol.com

FINAL NOTICE OF WINNING
<EM> </EM>
We are delighted to notify you of the result of the fr<SPAN>ee lotto E.U programs held on 30th of August,2006
your email</SPAN> address were attached to one of the ten winning Ticket numbers (67-84-501) - with Game (Number 7387).
Yo<STRIKE>u</STRIKE> have therefore been approved for <I>a </I>lump sum pay out of 750,000.00 euro (Seven Hundred And Fifty Thousand Euro)

CONGRATULATIONS!

All participants w<SPAN>ere selected through a computer</SPAN> ballot system from our sponsors<SPAN> databases, including over 5,000 companies
and 20,000 indiv</SPAN>idual E-mail addresses and names submitted by our agents drawn from Asia<SPAN>, Africa, Europe, North And So</SPAN>uth America,
Oceania and around the world. To file for yo<SPAN>ur urgent claim,</SPAN> please contact our affiliate agent.

<U>E</U>.U LOTTO AWARD AGENCY
Rotterdam the Netherlands
Tel: 0031 633 733 265
E-mail: euresult2@aol.com
Mr. Raymond White

It is<SPAN> part of ou</SPAN>r security protocol to avoid double claiming and to minimize identific<SPAN>ation difficulties advise </SPAN>you to keep this information
confidential until your claim <FONT face=Tahoma>is</FONT> processed successfully and to avoid unwarranted abuse of this program by some parti<SPAN>cipants.
Please note that non-residence of the Netherlands will be require</SPAN>d to pay for the notarization/non-residence fee.

All winnings mu<FONT color=#5252e1>s</FONT>t be claimed not later than 2 weeks upon receipt o<B>f</B> this notification, after this date all unclaimed winnings will be null and void.
In Order to avoid unnece<S>s</S>sary delays and complications remember to quote your ticket number and game numbers in<SPAN> all correspondence.
Furthermore, should there be any change</SPAN> of address do inform our agents as soon as pos<S>s</S>ible.

Congratulations once more and thank you for being part of our promotional program. Note: Anybody u<SPAN>nder the age of 18 is</SPAN> automatically disqualified.

Yours faithfully,<EM>
M</EM>rs.Jyotsna Field.
Award Centre Co-coordinator.

NOTICE - This message contains privileged and confidential information intended only <FONT face=Arial>fo</FONT>r the user of the address named above.
If you are not the intended recipient of this message, <SPAN>you </SPAN>are hereby notified that you must not disseminate, copy or take any action in reliance on it.
If yo<FONT color=#17 ec4>u</FONT> have received this message in error, pleas<FONT face=Tahoma>e </FONT>notify International Payment Center immediately.
Any views expres<I>se</I>d in this message are those of the individual sender except where the sender specifically.

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