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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: neri mahano <n-ari-86@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <navisag@aim.com>
Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 11:55:45 +0200
Subject: CLAIM NOTIFICATION


CLAIM NOTIFICATIONEuro Millionasa28044, Madrid Spain**********************************************Dear Winner,Congratulations to you as we bring to your notice theresult of Real Euro Millionasa. We are happy toinform you that your email address have emerged awinner of Five Hundred and Fifty Thousand Euros(550,000.00) Euros.NOTE: to file for your claim, please contact the claimdepartment below on email.***********************************************Office: Mr.Jone SanchezNavis Express Agency,S.LTel No: +34-692-967-211Tel No: + 34-634-002-559E- mail:navisag@aim.com**********************************************Find below your promotion date, Reference and Batchnumbers. Remember to quote these numbers in yourcorrespondence with your claims agent
**********************************************PROMOTION DATE: 28 MAY 2007REFERENCE NUMBER: SLEU/2031/5256/07BATCH NUMBER: 07/25907/IGRTKindly send the following information:
Note : You will be require to pay for the issuance of yourLegalization and winning certificate only. The certificate is yourLegal prove/guarantee. Congratulations once again fromAll our staff Program.All winnings must be claimed not later than 14days
(i) Your names,
(ii) Contact telephone and fax numbers
(iii) Contact Address
(iv) Your winning numbers
(v) Quote amount won.
**********************************************Congratulations once again from all our staff andthank you for being part of our promotions program.Sincerely Yours,MRS.Nora GomezDirector, Award Distribution Center
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