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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: "onlinecodigo@terra.es" <onlinecodigo@terra.es>
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 17:34:35 +0100 (MET)
Subject: Online Cyber Lottery




Online Cyber Lottery

C/ VILLAFONTANA 1,Nº 38-43,MORATALAD.28056.

MADRID-ESPAñA

Ref NO: OCL 9590 OG 0612

Batch NO:563881545-SP/2007



Attn Lucky Winner,



WINNING NOTIFICATION FOR CATEGORY "A" WINNER ONLY



We are pleased to inform you of the result of the last final annual draw of our Lottery

International Programs.

The online cyber lotto draws was conducted from an exclusive list of 35,000,000 e-mail

addresses of individual and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random

computer search from the internet. No tickets were sold.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

After this automated computer ballot, your e-mail address emerged as a winner in the

category "A" with the following numbers attached Ref Number: OCL 9590 OG 0612,

Batch Number: 563881545-SP/2007 and Ticket Number: PP 3502 /8707-07

You are therefore to receive a cash prize of € 915,810,00

(NINE HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN THOUSAND,EIGHT HUNDRED AND TEN EUROS, ONLY) from the total

payout CONGRATULATIONS!!!. Your prize award has been insured with your e-mail address

and will be transferred to you upon meeting our requirements, statutory obligations,

verifications, validations and satisfactory report.

To file in for the processing of your prize winnings, you are advised to contact our

Certified and Accredited claims agent for category "A" winners with the information

below:

*************************************

Name: JOSE MARTIN

Phone: +34 625-765-442

Email: bilbaoagent@yahoo.es

*************************************

You are advice to provide him with the following information:

Names:

Telephone/Fax number:

Nationality:

Age of Birth:

Occupation:

NOTE: All winnings must be claimed not later than 21 days, thereafter unclaimed funds

would be included in the next stake. Remember to quote your reference information in

all correspondence. You are to keep all Lotto information confidential, especially your

reference and ticket numbers. (This is important as a case of double claims will not be

entertained).Members of the affiliate agencies are automatically not allowed to participate

in this program. 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.



Yours Faithfully,

Walter Jones.

Lottery Coordinator.

Thank you and congratulations!!!

This email may contain information which is confidential and/or privileged. The information

is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity named above. If you are not the

intended recipient, be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents

is prohibited. If you have received this electronic transmission in error,please notify the

sender by telephone or return email and delete the material from your computer.

CONGRATULATIONS:YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS EMERGED AS A WINNER IN THIS LOTTERY PROMO!!!





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