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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: mrsdonamiguel4@zipmail.com.br
Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2006 14:40:44 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?RE=3AWINNING=20NOTIFICATION?=

SPAINISH-ONLINE-LOTTERY Headquarters
Customer Service
Ref: SP/9420X2/68
Batch: 100000488/EIK
N°19 Planta 5
28014, Madrid-Spain. ,Spain

WINNING NOTIFICATION

We happily announce to you the draw of the SPAINISH-ONLINE-LOTTERY International
programs held on the (18th of November, 2006) in Madrid, Spain. Your e-mail
address attached to ticket number: 56475600545188 with Serial number: 5368/02
drew the lucky numbers: 19-6-26-17-35-7, which subsequently won you the
lottery in the 2nd category. You have therefore been approved to claim a
total sum of US$500,000 thousand( Five Hundred
Thousand United States Dollars) in cash credited to file ktu/9023118308/03.

This is from a total cash prize of US $5m ( FIVE MILLION USD) , shared among
the first Ten (10) lucky winners in this category.All participants were
selected randomly from World Wide Web site through computer draw system
and extracted from over 100,000 companies websites.

This promotion takes place annually, Please note that your lucky category
# :two(2) falls within our West African booklet representative office in
Africa from the five booklet reps.(Madrid,Sydney,Seoul,lagos,Athlanta) as
indicated in your play coupon.In view of this, your US$500,000 thousand(
Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) would be released to you by
our payment office in Spain.

Our SPAIN agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the
release of your funds as soon as you contact him. For security reasons,
you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your
claims is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you
deem fit to claim your prize. This is part of our precautionary measure
to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some
unscrupulous elements.Please be warned.

To file for your claim, please contact our fudiciary agent in charge of
category two(2) winners.

Mr. JOSE MARTINEZ.
Email: josemartinez11@wanadoo.es or drjosemartinez1@yahoo.se
Tel: +34695060029 fax+34940466866

To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your full names,your
country, your private Telephone and fax number, your reference/batch numbers
etc in any correspondences with us or our designated agent.

Please do fill this form for more verifications

PERSONAL DATA

FULL NAMES:
GENDER
DATE OF BIRTH:
NATIONALITY:
COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE:
MARITAL STATUS:
HOME ADDRESS:
OFFICE ADDRESS:
TELEPHONE NUMBER:
FAX NUMBER:
OCCUPATION:
POSITION HELD:
TICKET NUMBER:
EMAIL ADDRESS:

Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this program.
Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.

Sincerely,
Mrs BLANCA ARANGO.
SPAINISH Online Web Lottery Co-ordinator

The Free lottery promo Awards is proudly sponsored by the Microsoft Corporation,
the Intel Group,Toshiba,Dell Computers, Mckintosh and a conglomeration of
other international IT companies. The Free lottery internet draw is held
quarterly every year and is so organized to encourage the use of the internet
and computers worldwide.We are proud to say that over 200 Million Dollars
are won annually in more than 150 countries worldwide.

WARNING!!!
ANY MAIL RECIEVED OF THIS SUCH WITH ANY OTHER TRADE MARK OR ADDRESS SHOULD
BE FOWARDED TO THIS BOX IMMEDIATELY, THIS WILL HELP US TO FIGHT SCAM AND
LOTTERY IMPOSTERS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ANTICIPATED CO-OPERATION




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