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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: "euromillionsonlinepromos" <euromillionsonlinepromos@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2006 20:19:45 -0700
Subject: OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION

EURO MILLIONS
Watford, Head Office and Regional Centre Euro Millions,
Tolpits Lane, Watford, Herts,
WD18 9RN

REF NO: EML/ 56-TF-8890776
BATCH: 109/91300/EML



PRIZE AND AWARD NOTIFICATION


We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today of winners of
the MEGA JACKPOT LOTTO WINNINGS PROGRAMS held on Friday 1st of September
2006. Your company or your personal e-mail address, is attached to
ticket number 9901-0148-790-691, with serial number 66109-17 drew the lucky
numbers 990-11-815-37-10-83, and consequently won the lottery in the
2nd category.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of £420,000.00
in cash credited to file REF NO: EML/ 56-TF-8890776. This is from total
prize money of £10,500,000.00 shared among the Twenty five (25)
international winners in this category.

To claim your winning prize, you must first contact the claims
department by email or phone for processing and remittance of your prize money
to you. The claims officer contact email is:

Mr.Lewis Williams
EUROMILLIONS
United Kingdom
Email: lewiswilliams-agent@excite.com
lewis-williamsdept@excite.com
Tel: +44 701 112 0382
+44-702 402 14 96

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please
remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in all correspondences
with this office. Furthermore, should there be any change of your
address, do inform us as soon as possible.

You can view evidence that we pay our winners via the below stated
link:
http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30100-13519248,00.html

Congratulations again from all our staff for being part of our
promotions program.



Sincerely,
Catherine Grant (Mrs.),
Euro Millions.









Copyright (c) 2006 Euro Millions Inc.




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