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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: hv102002@yahoo.es <hv1002001@yahoo.es>
Reply-To: cashchange_securitas_sa@yahoo.es
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 19:17:22 +0100
Subject: FROM: INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD DEPT.


FROM: INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD DEPT.
CALLE GUZMAN ELBUENO 48, 28936
MADRID ESPAÑA
http://onlae.terra.es/indexp.htm
REF: LP/67/80/IPD
BATCH: EGGS-541-623-782
DATE: 31st Oct, 2006
Dear Winner,
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Euro millions Lottery
International award e-mail programs held on the 20th of Oct ,2006.Your
E-mail address attached to ticket number PIA/3 908 321 675-KIO with
lucky main Números 10, 19 ,34 ,45, 47 Estrellas numbers 03, 06, which
consequently won in the 2nd category, you have therefore been
approved for a lump sum pay out of €1,582.400,00( One million five
hundred and eighty-two thousand and four hundred euros Only)
!!!CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Due to mix up of some numbers and names/programme abuse, we ask that
You keep your winning information confidential until your claims has
been
processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our security
protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program
by some participants. All participants were selected through a computer
ballot system drawn from over 600,000 companies and 150,000,000
individual email addresses and names from all over the world. We hope
with part of your winning you will take part in our end of week BOTE
€131 millions in the next Euromillion Internacional lottery.
This is an irish woman who won ,
ihttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/4730113.stm
And this week 25/08/06 was won in France, a total of €57.414.511,00 in
the
first category by a single Mother.
To file for
your claim, please contact our fiducial/Claim agent:
************************************************************************
OFFICE : CASH CHANGE SECURITAS S.A MADRID SPAIN
CONTACT : Snr Juan Carlos ( Insurance Officer)
TELEPHONE : +34 - 692 - 974 - 003 FAX: +34 - 692 - 974 - 004
E- MAIL : cashchange_securitas_sa@yahoo.es
************************************************************************
Remember, all winning must be claimed not later than 1st of November,
2006.After this date all unclaimed funds will be included in the next
stake.Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications
please remember to quote your reference number and batch numbers in all
correspondence. Furthermore, should there be any change of address do
inform
our agent as soon as possible. Congratulations once more from
our members of staff and thank you for being part of our promotional
program.
Yours Sincerely,
Mrs Angélica Torres
Lottery Coordinator.
__________________________http://onlae.terra.es/indexp.htm__________________
INTERNATIONAL PRIZE AWARD DEPT CALLE GUZMAN ELBUENO 48, 28936
MADRID ESPAÑA

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