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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: mrs betty nene <loto-club115@spannermail.com>
Reply-To: trustsecurity115@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2007 18:14:37 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATION YOU WON


Elgordo Lottery Award 2007.
Pol.Lasao, Area Anardi
155, 28090 Madrid.
Spain Branch.
Dear Beneficiary
We wish to congratulate you over your email success in our computer balloting =
held on 20th May. 2007. This is a Scientific Computer Game in which email =
addresses were used. It is a promotional program aimed at encouraging =
internet users; Meaning, you do not need to buy ticket to enter for it. Your =
email account have been picked as one of the ten winning email address in =
2007.Therefore you have been approve for the star prize of EUR777,000.00 =
(Seven Hundred And seventy-seven Thousand euros Only).
With the underlisted winning details:-
Ref N0:-ES/WIN/008/05/SPA
Batch NO:-EU/2907/908/06.
Ticket No:- SPA/7007/77
Lucky No:- 1-18-40-40-77
Serial No: - MAD /20622
All participants were selected through a computer balloting system drawn from =
one Million E-mail addresses from Canada, Australia, United States, Asia, =
Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our international =
promotions program which is conducted annually.This Lottery was promoted and =
sponsored by a conglomerate of some multinational companies to promote the =
use of internet around the world.
To claim your prize,Simply contact:-
Mr HENRY SCOTT (Head Of Dept- Award Payment Department)
TEL. +34-622-600-118 or +34-675-630-149
E-mail: trustsecurity115@hotmail.com or philipassociat2@netscape.net
Please quote your reference, batch and winning numbers as well as your full =
name, address and telephone number .We advice all winners to keep this =
information confidential from the public until your claim is processed and =
your prize released to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid =
double claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this programme by non =
-participant or unofficial personnel.
Note, All winning must be claimed within 30 days from this notification =
otherwise all funds will be returned as Unclaimed.
Thank you
For Your Anticipate
Co-Operation.
Mrs. Betty Nene
Lottery coordinator.
ANY MAIL RECIEVED OF THIS SUCH WITH ANY OTHER TRADE MARK OR ADDRESS SHOULD BE =
FOWARDED TO YOUR CLAIMS AGENT IMMEDIATELY, THIS WILL HELP US TO FIGHT =
INTERNET LOTTERY SCAM, AND LOTTERY IMPOSTERS.

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