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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: "LOTTERY COMMISSION OFFICE" <winoffice202@yahoo.es> (may be fake)
Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2006 18:11:15 +0200
Subject: Congratulations from all our staff.

EL GORDO SWEEPSTAKE LOTTERY COMPANY S.L
PLAZA DE ESPAÑA, 28001
GRANVIA - MADRID, SPAIN.
TEL:+34-697-572-241

FROM: THE DESK OF MANAGING DIRECTOR.
SERIAL NUMBER: 2113-05
REF: NUMBER: EGS/2551256003/06
BATCH NUMBER :14/0017/IPD

RE: AWARD NOTIFICATION FINAL NOTICE

We are pleased to inform you of release of the EL
GORDO DE LA PRIMITIVA PROGRAM held on 20th of AUGUST,
2006 and the result was officially announced on the 28 of SETPEMBER 2006.

Among the 25 participating international finalists
playing 6000 full tickets in the fifth series, from a
pool of €38,696,000.75c(THIRTY EIGHT MILLION SIX HUNDRED AND NINETY SIX THOUSAND EUROS SEVENTY FIVE CENT) in cash, your serial number 2113-05 with ticket number 025-11464992-750 drew the lucky numbers
16-19-23-36-39-41 which consequently won a prize in the 1st category. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum payout of € 1,547,000.87c (One Million Five
Hundred and Forty Seven Thousand Euros Eighty Seven
Cents) in cash credited to a file ref. Nº 2113 - 05.

Congratulations!!!!!.

Due to the impossibility to reach you, your fund and
file has been deposited with a security company
registered to your file claim number and insured in your name. Please forward all claims to GLOBAL LINK SECURITIES as a bond has been placed on your award
and they will be responsible for handling and remittance of won prices until they are accurately disbursed. The deadline for this notice is the 20th of OCTOBER 2006. Non-compliance within this period may result in disqualification and insured prizes will be returned to the MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA Y HACIENDA as unclaimed.

Due to mixed up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this award from public notice until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to your nominated account, as this is a part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unwarranted advantage of this program by participants. All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 25.000 names from USA, New Zealand, Europe, south America, Australia,Middle East, Africa and Asia as part of our international Promotions Program. We hope your lucky name will draw a bigger cash prize in subsequent programs.

To begin your claim, please contact MR, CLIFF GOMEZ
Foreign operation manager of GLOBAL LINK SECURITIES
CLAIM REPRESENTATIVES S.L at
E-mail: processingoffice1@yahoo.es or
TEL:+34-697-572-241 for handling and payment procedures.

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications, please remember to quote your claim
file number and reference numbers in every of your correspondence with us or your agent. Furthermore, should there be any change of your address, do inform your claims agent as soon as possible. Also note that you are to pay in return ten percent (10%) of the money you received to the GLOBAL LINK SECURITIES CLAIM REPRESENTATIVES S. L. after you have received the money in your designated account in your country.

Congratulations!!! Once again from all the staff and
thank you for choosing the Spanish Int'l Lotto
commission.

FILL THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION AND SEND BACK TO THE
WINNING OFFICE .

1. FILE NUMBER:
2. BATCH NUMBER:
3. REFERENCE NUMBER:
4. WINNING NUMBER:
5. CATEGORY:
6. AMOUNT WON:
7a. FULL NAME:(MR/MRS)
b. TEL AND FAX NUMBER:(Office, Home and Mobile)
8. CITY/COUNTRY:
9. ADDRESS:(HOME AND OFFICE)
10. OCCUPATION/ORGANIZATION:
11. POSITION :
12. DATE OF BIRTH:
13. PRIVATE EMAIL ADDRESS:
ON THE CONFIRMATION OF THE ABOVE INFORMATION,WE WILL
GIVE YOU THE CONTACT DETAILS OF THE BANK THAT WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PAYMENT OF YOUR AWARD. THEREAFTER,YOU WILL BE ISSUED WITH A CLAIM CERTIFICATE
OF WINNING THAT WILL BE USED FOR THE CLAIM OF THE
MONEY FROM YOUR BANK,AFTER GETTING CLEARANCE FROM
THE MINISTERIO DE INTERIO HERE IN SPAIN.
NOTE:YOU ARE TO KEEP THIS AWARD OUT FROM PUBLIC NOTICE
TO AVOID DOUBLE REPRESENTATION.YOU MUST ABSOLUTELY BE CONFIDENTIAL UNTILL THE BANK TRANSFERRED YOUR FUND
INTO YOUR NOMINATED ACCOUNT. CONGRATULATIONS ONCE AGAIN.


Sincerely:
MRS MARTA SANCHEZ
DIRECTOR




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