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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: Zita Harris. <ziharris@postino.it>
Reply-To: zharris@terra.es
Date: Mon, 04 Jun 2007 18:01:07 +0200
Subject: EUROMILLONS AWARD 2007


EUROMILLONS AWARD 2007
***********************
Congratulations to you as we bring to your notice the result of
EURO MILLION 2007 promotions.
We are happy to inform you that your email address have emerged
a winner of SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN THOUSAND,EIGHT HUNDRED AND TEN EUROS (EUR 615,810,00)Euros.
NOTE: to file for your claim, please contact the claim Company
with the informations below.
**************************************************
AURA SEGUROS S.A
Mr. Zita Harris,
Address: Calle Castellana 10, 28090 Madrid-Spain.
Tel. : +34-676-048-191
Email : zharris@terra.es or zharris@postino.it
**************************************************
Find below your promotion date, Reference and Batch numbers. Remember
to quote these numbers in your correspondence with your claims agent
Mr. Zita Harris.
**************************************************
(1) Ref No: ESM/WIN/008/05/10/MA
(2) Batch No: EULO/2907/444/908/06
(3) Lucky No: 3-18-40-40-76
(4) Serial No: 45407
(5) PROMOTION DATE: 25th May 2007.
**************************************************
Best Regards,
Mrs. Rita Mathews.
(Lottery coordinator).
Madrid, 2nd June. 2007

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