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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: "LOTTO NET INTERNATIONAL BOARD." <winneraward@whipmail.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2006 08:31:17 +0100
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!!


LOTTO NET INTERNATIONAL BOARD.

C/GUZMAN EL BUENO,117 MADRID - ESPANA.

FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,

INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,

REF: EGS/JRG 7540876/01 BATCH: SLP280097/1MD

RE: AWARD NOTIFICATION FINAL NOTICE.

We are pleased to inform you of the announcement,of winners of the year 2006 LOTTO NET SWEEPSTAKES/INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMMES held on the 7TH OF SEPTEMBER 2006, and result where release on the 11TH OF SEPTEMBER 2006. Your E-mail address attached to ticket number 01-11-15-29-with serial number-0187654 drew the lucky numbers 3-11-20-24-37-44, and consequently won the lottery in the 3rd category. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of €1,735,810.00(One Million Seven Hundred And Thirty Five Thousand Eight Hundred And Ten Euros Zero Cents Only) in cash credited to file Ref:No:EGS/JRG7540876/01. This is from total prize money of €31,244,580.00 (Thirty One Million Two Hundred And Fourty-Four Thousand Five Hundred And Eighty Euros And Zero Cents Only)shared among the Eighteen international winners in this category.CONGRATULATION !!.

Your fund is now deposited with our co-operative Bank (BANCO SANTANDER SPAIN) insured to your email address. Due to the mixed 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 you.This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unwarranted taking advantage of this program by participants.All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from over 20,000 companies and 30,000,000 individuals email addresses and names from all over the world. This promotional program takes place once every year.This lottery was promoted by some software corporation to compensate some few individuals with website and email addresses. After the Microsoft anti-various incident on august 2003.

However, you have automatically qualified to take part in our next year €1.9Billion International lottery Program.CONGRATULATIONS!!!

To begin your winning prize,you must first contact your claim agent Operations Manager.

Dr. JOSE ALVARO MARTINEZ (Operations Manager) On,

Tel:+34-692-220-698,Fax:+34-669-951-994.

Email:(insurancehomeclaims@yahoo.com)

For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated you.Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later than 28th SEPTEMBER,2006. After this date all funds will be returned 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 correspondences with your claims agent. Furthermore, should there be any change of your address,do inform your claims agent as soon as possible.Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our promotions programme.

Sincerely,

Mrs.Pilar Garcia Portillo.

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