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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: Douglas Lopez <europelottery34@netscape.net>
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 07:58:10 -0300
Subject: UPDATE,TREAT AS URGENT!!!


EURO MILLIONS LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL.
FROM: INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD DEPT.
REF: EML/ES/IPP/1555002244/05
BATCH: ES34/044/ILP /SL
RE: WINNING NOTIFICATION / FINAL NOTICE
DATE: 16th JENUARY, 2007,

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Euro millions Lottery Winners International E-mail programs held on the 15th DECEMBER , 2006.Your E-mail address attached to ticket number 2203-006 with lucky main number 08 11 14 25 30 drew lucky star numbers 03 05, which consequently won in the 3rd category, you have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of 1,000,000.00 Euro. (One Million Euro) CONGRATULATIONS!!! Due to mix up of some numbers and names/programme abuse, we ask that you keep your winning information confidential until your claim 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 100,000 company and 50,000,000 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 year 50 millions Euro International lottery.

This is an Irish woman who won in our program http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/4730113.stm

To file for your claim, please contact our fiducial/Claim agent:
ocaso_segurofinance@yahoo.es
Tel: +34-605101650
Fax: +34-911543789
Contact Person. PINTO BRAVO
Email: ocaso_segurofinance@yahoo.es

Remember, all winning must be claimed not later than 27TH of APRIL 2007. 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.
Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.

Sincerely yours,
Mr.Douglas Lopez
Lottery Coordinator.
http://www.national-lottery.com/resultseuro.asp



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