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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: "kelly_v27@terra.es" <kelly_v27@terra.es>
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 15:28:04 +0100 (MET)
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION




Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch:074/05/ZY369




FROM THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
EUROPEAN UNION INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS
AWARD DEPARTMENT.
P O Box 1010,
L70 1NL Liverpool,
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)

WINNING NOTIFICATION


Attn:

We happily announce to you the draw of the Bono Lottery International Program held on THURDAY 4TH,JANUARY2007. Your name "email address" was attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 serial number: 5368/02 This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows 03,08,20,22,34,40 Bonus Number 38
--DRAW 1108, which consequently won the lottery in the second category.

You hereby have been approved lump sum pay of £ 2,462,462(TWO MILLION,FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY-TWO THOUSAND,FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY-TWO POUNDS) file Ref: UK/9420X2/68 from the total cash prize of £4,924,924,00 shared amongst TWO LUCKY WINNERS based on their category.

All participants "email address" were selected through a computer balloting system drawn from Nine hundred thousand names from Canada,Australia,United
States,Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceanic as part of our international promotions program which is conducted annually.

This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by some multinational companies as including Bill Gate, and some other EU governmental personalities part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the communities where they have operational base.
To process your claims you are hereby advice to contact YOUR CLAIMS OFFICER with this information:

VERIFICATION FORM


NAME:..................................
ADDRESS:...............................
BATCH/WINNING NUMNBER:............................................
REF NUMBER:.............................
OCCUPATION:.........................................
ANNUAL INCOME:..........................................
AGE;.....................................
SEX...............................
TEL:...........................................
FAX..........................................................
COUNTRY.................................


ENDEAVOUR TO MAIL OR FAX HIM YOUR DETAILS AS OUTLINED BELOW FOR FURTHER REFERENCES.

CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS OFFICER TO FILE FOR YOUR CLAIMS.



MR RICHARD ANDREW
Email:richardandrew_2005@yahoo.co.uk



Tel: +447 045 702 178
+447 045 702 311
+447 045 702 390

Fax: +447 005 800 664


ENDEAVOUR TO CALL YOUR FIDUCIARY AGENT AS REGARDS YOUR CLAIMS.

For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your prize released to you.

This is part of our security protocol to avoid dual claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this program by non-participant or unofficial personnel.
Note.

Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!




Yours faithfully,
MRS VIVIAN KELLY
ON-LINE CO-ORDINATOR
EUROPEAN UNION INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS,
Open 7 days 7am-7pm.





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Inf&oacute;rmate en www.terra.es/correo.






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