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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: "EUROPEAN UNION INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS" <d.davi2007@core.com>
Reply-To: agentsp006@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 21:32:23 -0400
Subject: Winning No:701/RMD123


<p>AWARD DEPARTMENT <br />FROM THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER, <br />EUROPEAN UNION INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS <br />AWARD DEPARTMENT. <br />P O Box 1010,L70 1NL Liverpool, <br />UNITED KINGDOM(Customer Services) <br />Ref: FER/4690/6103/24Batch:245-379-482 <br />Winning No:701/RMD123 <br /><br />NOTIFICATION <br /><br />Attn:WINNER, <br />We happily announce to you the draw of the Bono Lottery International <br />Program held on the 1st of JULY ,2007. Your name \\\&quot;email <br />address\\\&quot;was <br />attached to ticket number; 12324277 serial number 6663817262 This batch<br /><br />draws the lucky numbers as follows 2-9-22-23-24-30 bonus number5, which<br /><br />consequently won the lottery in the second category. <br /><br />You hereby have been approved lump sum pay of £1,500,000<br />(One million,five hundred thousand Pounds)file Ref:FER/8309/1209/26 <br />from <br />the total cash prize of 15,000,000.00 shared amongst ten lucky winners <br />based  on their category. <br /><br />To process
your claims you are hereby <br />advice to contact the The promotions Manager with this information: <br /><br />NAME:.................................. <br />NATIONALITY:............... <br />SEX:................................... <br />PHONE/MOBILE:.......................... <br />FAX:......................... <br />OCCUPATION:......................... <br />BATCH/WINNING NUMNBER:............................................ <br />PLEASE CONTACT <br /><br />BARR .Sean Parker <br />Email:<span id="lw_1184201987_0" style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed; HEIGHT: 1em">claimsagentsp006@yahoo.co.uk</span><br /><span id="lw_1184201987_1" style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed; HEIGHT: 1em">processingofficer_006@yahoo.co.uk</span>   <br />+447031909130.<br /><br />Best Regards <br />Sir Kenneth Anderson III. <br />Co-coordinator <br />GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED LICENSE <br />UK NATIONA
L LOTTERY <br />IS REGISTERED UNDER THE DATA PROTECTION ACT OF; <br />(Registration Z720633X). </p>

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