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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@jwilliams72.orangehome.co.uk
Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2006 15:20:28 +0100 (CET)
Subject: EU GAMING INCORPORATION!!!


EU GAMING INCORPORATION!!!
E.U LOTTERY ONLINE
LOTTERY AND GAMING CORPORATION,
MONTH OF DECEMBER LOTTERY,
WINNING NUMBER: FLO-56458867

Dear Winner,

You won the sum of {Five Hundred Thousand Euros only} from the database of internet email users, from which your email address came out as the winning coupon.

We thereby contact you to claim your winning amount quickly as this is a monthly Lottery. Failure to claim your winning will result to rollover or reversion of the winning sum to the next promotion month. We also use this medium to notify you that the expiring or lapse date to claim your winning prize is on the 20th of December, 2006.

To claim your winning prize, contact our approved agent office assigned for your region with your winning number.

E.U LOTTERY ONLINE AGENCY
MISS. LILLIAN MORGAN.
MR. MOORE S. BROWN
DIRECTOR OF WINNING CLAIMS DEPARTMENT
TEL: +31-614-157-928
E-MAIL: euolagency11@aim.com

Once again, congratulations.

Best regards,

Mr. John Williams
Director of E.U Lottery Online

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