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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: "euro million" <euromillionbv_22@yahoo.de>
Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2007 14:12:57 +0300
Subject:



CONTACT:FOR YOUR PRIZE YOU WON


Euro Millions Lottery,
Hoge Wei 28, 2011 Zaventem,
Belgium.
Euro Millions are Affiliate of Belgium National (BNL).

Sir/Madam,

Congratulations to you as we bring to your notice, the results of the First
Category draws of THE Euro Millions Promo Int, We are happy to inform you
that you have emerged a winner under the First Category, which is part of
our promotional draws.

The draws are being officially announced today 3rd March 2007. Participants
were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 2,500,000 email
addresses of individuals and companies from Africa, America, Asia,
Australia, Europe, Middle East, and Oceania as part of our International
Promotions Program.

Your e-mail address, attached to ticket number 05-32-44-45-50 (01-08), with
serial number 472-9768-79 drew the Prize numbers 106000008 and consequently
won in the First Category. You have therefore been awarded a lump sum pay
out of 1 million euros. which is the winning payout for Category A winners.
This is from a total cash prize of 20 millions euro. shared amongst the
first Twenty (20) lucky winners in this category.

CONGRATULATIONS ! ! !

Your fund is now deposited with the paying Bank.In your best interest to
avoid mix up of numbers and names of any kind, we request that you keep the
entire details of your award strictly from public notice until the process
of transferring your claims has been completed, and your funds remitted to
your account.

This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or
unscrupulous acts by participants/nonparticipants of this program.Please
contact your claim agent officer (International Remittance Dept)immediately
for due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated
account of your choice:

NOTE: For easy reference and identification, find below your Reference and
Batch numbers. Remember to quote these numbers in your correspondence with
claims agent.


TICKET No: 05-32-44-45-50 (01-08),
SERIAL No:472-9768-79
PRIZE No 106000008
BATCH No: UOS/15/096/TVFS

To claim your funds, please contact your claim officer.
Contact person:

Mr. Moon Van Garvin
E-mail: laastebankbv@aim.com
Tel: +31616937484
Fax: +31847180290
Your are advice to provide him with the following bellow? AA
Names:
Age:
Tel :
Fax:
Nationality:
REF Number:
BATCH No:
TICKET No:
SERIAL No:
LUCKY No:

Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being part
of our promotions program.

Yours Sincerely,

Mrs.vjertis von Adrian
(Euro Millions Coordinator).




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