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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: "EUROMILLONES LOTTERY DRAWS" <euromilloneslottowin@europe.com>
Date: Thu, 05 Jul 2007 09:37:01 +1000
Subject: EUROMILLONES EMAIL LOTTERY WIN NOTIFICATION

INTERNATIONAL LOTTO COMMISION
Euromillones Lottery
Av.Don Pedro de luna
100-105, Valencia
Spain

AWARD/PROMOTIONAL DEPARTMENT

Email Ticket Number: 2a/16- 17-18-36-47-1-2
FILE REF: EUML/82283922/769
BATCH: 02/621/2PDH /NL

Dear Winner,

Following official publication of results of the E-mail online Sweepstakes

organized by Euromillones Lotteria España the Slide circuirT Award in
conjunction with the Foundation for the
promotion of Software Products, (F.P.S.P), held on the 27th of June 2007,
in Valencia, Spain,wherein
your electrononic mail address emerged as one of the online winning emails
in the 1st category and
therefore attracted a cash MEGA JACKPOT of €950,000.00 (Nine Hundred and
Fifty Thousand Euros) only

We write to officially notify you of this award and to advise you to
contact our Accredited Lottery Agent
immediately upon receipt of this message for more information concerning
the verification, processing and
eventual payment of the above prize to you. It is important to note that
your award informations was
released today the 4th July, 2007.

KINDLY CONTACT OUR LOTTERY AGENT WITH THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:

(a). Your Full name;
(b). Contact Address
(c). Name of Country.
(e). Tel/Fax Numbers
(f). File Ref Number Lottery Win Category
(g). Amount Won.
(h). Email Tickect Number.
(i). Profession.

Please contact the claim Agents as soon as you receieve this notification.
You must claim your prize
within 7 working days to facilitate the release of your prize.

Your play coupon fall within our Europe Payment Bank, therefore you must
contact our Fiduciary Lottery
Claim Agent for the payment/Remittance of your Lottery Win prize money.
See the details below;

=========================
Mr.Frank Wargna
Foreign Service Manager,
MERIDIAN FINANCE GROUP
Tel: 0031-615-401-054
0031-619-729-725
Fax:0031-847-599-111
EMAIL: meridianfgroup@aim.com
===========================

Euromillones Email Lottery draws is sponsored by a consortium of software
promotion companies and Microsoft. Please note, in order to avoid
unnecessary delays and complications,remember to
quote your reference and batch numbers in all correspondence with our
agent.
Once again on behalf of all our staff Congratulatulations:

Sincerely,

Maria Jose (Mrs).
Online coordinator for EUROMILLIONS
Sweepstakes International Program.
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