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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: "DR SLAKE DAVIES" <directmail00@yahoo.fr>
Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2002 12:50:22 +0100
Subject: FINAL AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION

FROM:THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
REF: LP/26510460037/05
BATCH: 24/00319/IPD
WEBSITE: www.alicanteloteria.com

AWARD WINNING FINAL NOTIFICATION.

WE ARE PLEASED TO INFORM YOU OF THE FINAL RELEASE TODAY 23RD JUNE 2007, OF THE BONOLOTTO LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM HELD ON THE 4TH JUNE 2007. YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS WAS ATTACHED TO TICKET NUMBER 18-27-30-38-41-48-6-29. WITH SERIAL NUMBER 7-21 WHICH DREW THE LUCKY NUMBER WHICH CONSEQUENTLY WON THE LOTTERY IN THE 1A CATEGORY. YOU ARE THEREFORE BEEN APPROVE FOR THE LUMP SUM PAY OUT OF € 1.675.870,06 ( ONE MILLION SIX HUNDRED AND SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND, EIGHT HUNDRED AND SEVENTY EUROS AND SIX CENT ONLY) IN CASH CREDIT TO THE FILE REF: P/26510460037/05. THIS IS FROM A TOTAL PRIZE OF €8,199,430.00 EUROS SHARED AMONG THE SIX(6)INTERNATIONAL WINNERS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE CATEGORIES.
CONGRATULATION!!!
YOUR FUND IS NOW DEPOSITED WITH A PAYING BANK,AND WE ASK THAT YOU KEEP THIS AWARD A TOP SECRET FROM THE PUBLIC NOTICE UNTIL YOUR CLAIM HAS BEEN PROCESSED AND YOUR PRIZE MONEY REMITTED TO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT AS THIS IS A PARTOF OUR SECURITY PROTOCOL TO AVOID DOUBLE CLAIM APPLICATION OR UNWARRANTED TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THIS PROGRAM BY PARTICIPANTS.ALL PARTICIPANTS WERESELECTED THROUGH A COMPUTER BALLOT SYSTEM DRAWN FROM 250,000 EMAIL ADDRESSES FROM AUSTRALIA, USA, AFRICA, EUROPE, ASIA ,NEW-ZEALAND, MIDDLE-EAST AND SOUTH-NORTH AMERICA. AS PART OF OUR INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS PROGRAM.

WE HOPE WITH A PART OF YOUR PRIZE, YOU WILL TAKE PART IN OUR 2007 END OF THE YEAR HIGH STAKES OF €10 MILLION EUROS INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY.TO BEGIN YOUR CLAIM, YOU SEND A MAIL TO HIM, HIS NAME IS DR. SLAKE DAVIES (FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER OF SANTALUCIA SECURITY COMPANY) FOR PROCESSING AND REMITTANCE OF YOUR PRIZE MONEY TO YOUR DESIGNATED BANK ACCOUNT OFYOUR CHOICE.

DR. SLAKE DAVIES.
EMAIL: santa_lucia01@walla.com
REMEMBER, ALL PRIZE MONEY MUST BE CLAIMED NOT LATER THAN 28 WORKING DAYS FROM THE DATE OF RECEIVING THIS NOTIFICATION. AFTER THIS DATE, ALL FUNDS WILL BE RETURNED AS UNCLAIMED.

NOTE: IN ORDER TO AVOID UNNECESSARY DELAYS AND COMPLICATIONS,PLEASE REMEMBER TO QUOTE YOUR REFERENCE AND BATCH NUMBERS IN EVERY OF YOUR CORRESPONDENCE WITH YOUR CLAIM AGENT. FURTHERMORE, SHOULD THERE BE ANY CHANGE OF ADDRESS, DO INFORM YOUR CLAIM AGENT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. PLEASE REMEMBER TO ASK FOR YOUR PRIZE CLAIM CERTIFICATE AS SOON AS ALL CONDITIONS OF CLAIM ARE MET AS YOUR CLAIM AGENT WILL LET YOU KNOW SOME OF THESE CONDITIONS THAT WILL MEET TO ENABLE YOU TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE.

BELOW IS OUR WEBSITE TO ENABLE YOU CONFIRM YOUR LUCKY WINNING NUMBERS AND AMOUNT YOU WON. BE WELL INFORMED THAT IF YOUR WINNING INFORMATION DOES NOT CORRESPOND WITH THAT IN OUR SYSTEM THEN YOUR PAYMENT WILL NOT BE PROCESSED.
1. Carefully click/ on this web site: https://www.alicanteloteria.com
2. Click on : Resultados
3 Click on our organization bonolotto
4. Click on the date which your draw was held
5. Click on the BUSCAR botton to search for your winning number.
CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN FROM ALL MEMBERS OF OUR STAFF AND THANK YOU FOR BEING PART OF OUR PROMOTIONS PROGRAM.YOU ARE TO FORWARD TO THIS OFFICE THE FOLLOWING
INFORMATION:
1. FILE NUMBER:
2. BATCH NUMBER:
3. REFERENCE NUMBER:
4. WINNING NUMBER:
5. CATEGORY:
6. AMOUNT WON:
7. FULL NAME:(MR/MRS)
b. TEL AND FAX NUMBER:(Office,Home and Mobile)
8. CITY/COUNTRY:
9. ADDRESS:(HOME AND OFFICE)
10. OCCUPATION/ORGANIZATION:
11. POSITION :
12. DATE OF BIRTH:
13. PRIVATE EMAIL ADDRESS:
ON THE CONFIRMATION OF THE ABOVE INFORMATION,WE WILL GIVE YOU THE CONTACT DETAILS OF THE BANK THAT WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PAYMENT OF YOUR AWARD.

THEREAFTER,YOU WILL BE ISSUED WITH A CLAIM CERTIFICATE OF WINNING THAT WILL BE USED FOR THE CLAIM OF THE MONEY FROM YOUR BANK, AFTER GETTING CLEARANCE FROM THE MINISTERIO DE INTERIO HERE IN SPAIN.
NOTE: YOU ARE TO KEEP THIS AWARD OUT FROM PUBLIC NOTICE TO AVOID DOUBLE REPRESENTATION.YOU MUST ABSOLUTELY BE CONFIDENTIAL UNTILL THE BANK TRANSFERRED YOUR FUND INTO YOUR NOMINATED ACCOUNT.

CONGRATULATIONS ONCE AGAIN.
THANKS
MARIO JOSE GONZALEZ





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