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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: "angelsano1@terra.es" <angelsano1@terra.es>
Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2007 18:47:16 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: E.M.E.I !!!



E.M.E.I !!!
EUROMILIONES ESPANA INTL
Desk of Approval/Game
Gaming Board Department=20
MADRID, SPAIN.=20
=20
TICKET NO: ML/56894/180/70.
FILE REF NUMBERS: ZB/451/28798372/MK.=20

!!!CONGRATULATIONS YOU ARE A WINNER!=20

The Board of Directors, members of staff and the International Promotion D=
epartment of the EUROMILIONES INTL, wishes to congratulate you on your succ=
ess as one of the SIX LUCKY STAR PRIZE WINNER of 514,292.28 euros (Five hun=
dred and fourteen thousand, two hundred and ninety two euros, twenty eight =
cents only) of the EUROMILIONES lotto International Promotion (ELP) that wa=
s held on the 2nd of February 2007, in Spain. The late release of this resu=
lt was due to difficulties encountered in sorting out mixed up numbers and =
email addresses.=20

The selection process was carried out through a random selection in our com=
puterized email selection system from a database of over 950,000 individual=
and companies E-mail addresses drawn from all the continents of the world =
which your email, was among the first SIX (6) lucky winners. Your email add=
ress was attached to Lucky Number (14/23-27-30-36), Your Reference number: =
ZB/451/28798372/MK, ticket No: ML/56894/180/70 and Lotto code number: ESP21=
584MAD.=20

Most recently the foundation set up the NEW HOPE LOTTERY to give out prizes=
based on the computer balloting system (THEREFORE YOU DO NOT NEED TO BUY A=
TICKET TO ENTER FOR IT.YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS WAS RANDOMLY SELECTED AS A WINNE=
R). You the beneficiary of the winning email would be responsible for the V=
ETT/APPROVAL DOCUMENT CHARGES (FEES) of your lucky WINNING EMAIL ADDRESSE C=
HANGED to your FULL NAMES, before your winning prize can be transferred to =
your designated account of your choice. To immediately claim your prize, co=
ntact the claim/paying agent on the telephone number & email below.=20

EURO CLAIM CENTRE=20
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
CONTACT PERSON. (MR. ADAMS FERNANDO)
MADRID, SPAIN.
TEL: 0034-636-601-762.
CONTACT E-MAIL: euroclaimcente@mixmail.com OR euroclaimcente@aol.com

N.B: Terms and conditions to claiming your prize:=20
**************************************************

(1). Please quote your Reference number in all correspondence with the clai=
m/paying agent above (2). indicate your full names and address, Country, Co=
ntact telephone numbers, mobile, fax number, occupation and your Lucky numb=
ers and Reference number to your claim/paying agent above.

3. Your winning prize is not DEDUCTABLE until it has been fully processed, =
approved and transferred to your designated account of your choice by the c=
laim/paying agent above. Once again you the beneficiary of the winning emai=
l would be responsible for the VETT/APPROVAL DOCUMENT CHARGES (FEES) of you=
r lucky WINNING EMAIL ADDRESSE CHANGED to your FULL NAMES, before your winn=
ing prize can be transferred to your designated account of your choice.

The above claim/paying agent will assist you in the processing and remittan=
ce of your winning prize to you. Also note that you are to contact and proc=
ess your winning prize not later than one week, after this date if you do n=
ot contact and process your winning prize, all funds will be returned to th=
e MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA Y HACIENDA as unclaimed=20

Please be informed that due to mix up in cash pay-outs, we ask you to keep =
your winning Information confidential until your winning prize of (514,292.=
28 Euro) has been processed and transferred to your designated account of y=
our choice; this is to avoid double claim and unwarranted abuse of the prog=
ramme by some participants.

Sincerely,=20

Mrs. Angel Sanchez Canovas.
Online co-ordinator.=20

REPLY TO: euroclaimcente@mixmail.com OR euroclaimcente@aol.com AND CALL M=
R. ADAMS FERNANDO, ON 0034-636-601-762, FOR MORE INFORMATIONS ON HOW YOUR W=
INNING EMAIL ADDRESSE CAN OBTAIN THE VETTING APPROVAL DOCUMENTS ON YOUR NAM=
E.

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This e-mail transmission contains information that is confidential and may =
be privileged. It is intended only for the addressee(s) named above.
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