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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: infoclm promo <infoclm@clm57.orangehome.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 12:00:24 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: CLAIM INFO



LOTERIA PRIMITIVA,
Gregorio Herrraez 15
Postcode 28033
Barcelona, Spain

REF NO; ILPB87\4768
Ticket No; 2900522110CH.
In view of the yearly sweepstake of the above named organization held on the 23RD Oct 2006. It is my pleasure to inform you that your e-mail address attached to the above ballot No came up in the third stake. This invariably means that you have emerged as the prize recipient in the third category with an allocated sum of Eight Hundred and Fifty Thousand United States Dollars (US$850, 000, 00:00) in the open ballot device.
Be informed that all participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from over 50,000 companies and 2,000,000 individual email addresses from all over the world, as part of our international promotions program, which we conduct once every year.
For immediate release of your cash prize, kindly contact our Paying Bank.
CLAIMS DEPARTMENT CAJA MADRID
MR. ALEX DIMAS {Claims Supervisor}
TEL: + 34 692 957 743
EMAIL: lottcajas1001@aim.com
C/ARROYO DE LA MIEL
28007 MADRID ESPANA
Congratulations once again.
Yours Faithfully,
Dr. Eva .C. Vicente
Coordinator


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