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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: JOHN FRANCE <john@johnfrance.orangehome.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2006 13:28:06 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: ATTENTION


EURO MILLIONS INTERNATIONAL
BONUS! BONUS!! BONUS!!!
C/. Romano N°. 19 Planta 5, 28011
Telephone / Fax nº.: + (34) 912 725335,
Madrid, Spain.
FROM THE DESK OF THE VICE PRESIDENT.
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD.
BATCH Nº: 00075001359
REFERENCE Nº EMI/2551256003/06
RE: LOTTERY AWARD NOTIFICATION
This is to inform you on the release of the Euro Millions/La Primitiva International Program held on September 29, 2006 and the result came out on October 26, 2006.
Your name attached to ticket number 025-11-464-992-750 with serial number 2113-05 drew the lucky numbers 13-15-16-21-34-36 which consequently won the lottery.
You have therefore been approved for a lump sum payout of €650,000.00 (SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND EUROS ONLY) in cash credited to file with REF. NO. EMI/2551256003/06 and BATCH NO. 00075001359.This is from a total cash prize of $10,468,770 (TEN MILLION, FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY-EIGHT THOUSAND, SEVEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY EUROS ONLY) Shared among 14 (Fourteen) International Winners in this category.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Your fund is now deposited with a Paying Bank and insured in your name. Due to mix 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 account as this is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unwarranted taking of an advantage of this program by participants.
As you may ask, be informed that all participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 25,000 names from Asia, Australia, Europe, North America and South America as part of our International promotions program, which we conduct once every year. We hope that your lucky name will draw a bigger cash prize in the next year’s high stake of $ 1.3 BILLION EuroMillions/La Primitiva.
To begin your claim, please contact your claims Agent GERALDO PEREZ the Foreign Service Manager of SANTA LUCIA SECURITY COMPANY S. A. MADRID on TEL: + (34) 659272606, FAX: + (34) 911814274 or EMAIL: geraldoprz@netscape.net for the processing and remittance of your winning prize money to a designated account of your choice.
Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later than 30TH DAY OF NOVEMEBR 2006, after this date all funds will be returned to the MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA Y HACIENDA as unclaimed.
More so, we would like to inform you that 10% commission of your Lottery Winning will be paid to SANTA LUCIA SECURITY COMPANY S. A. as your claim agent after you have received your wining sum.
NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in every correspondence with us or your agent.
Furthermore, should there be any change of your address, do inform your claims agent as soon as possible.

Congratulations!! Once again from all members of our staffs and thank you for being a part of our International Promotions Program.
Yours truly,
MRS. DANIELA JUAN BLASCO.

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