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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 Cathrine Grant <cathrine_grant6@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 20:00:34 +0000
Subject: ATT:YOUR EMAIL HAVE WON!



EUROMILLIONSEUROMILLIONSWatford, HeadOffice and RegionalCentre EuroMillions,Tolpits Lane,Watford, Herts,WD18 9RNU.K. PRIZE AND AWARD NOTIFICATIONWe are pleased to inform you of the announcement today of winners of the MEGA JACKPOT LOTTO WINNINGS PROGRAMS held on Monday 10th September, 2007. Your company or your personal e-mail address, is attached to Ticket Number 9901-0148-790-691, Batch Number: 109/91300/EML, with Serial Number 66109-17 drew the lucky numbers 990-11-815-37-10-83, and consequently won the lottery in the 2nd category.You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of £420,000.00 in cash credited to file REF NO: EML/ 56-TF-8890776. This is from total prize money of £10,500,000.00 shared among the Twenty five (25) international winners in this category. To claim your benefit, you must first contact the claims department by email orphone for processing and remittance of your money to you. You are required toforward the following details to help facilitate the processing of your claimsand certificate which will employ the release of your winnings.After you have sent down this information, a certificate will be prepared foryou. This is to be your proof of winning. Be advised that your winnings would bepaid to you in installments of 420,000.00 (Four Hundred and Twenty Thousand Pounds). This is done because of the amount won by you; this money would be paid to you on monthly basis for the next ten (10) months.The claims officer contact email is:Mr. Mark ForresterEUROMILLIONSUnited KingdomEmail: markforrester_09@excite.comclaimsprocessingagent@winning.comTel: +44-704-570 4595,Fax: +44-702 402 1496.[FULLNAME OF WINNER].............................[CURRENTADDRESS]. .................................[STATE/PROVINCE]......................................[COUNTRY/REGION].....................................[AGE]...........................................................[SEX]........................................................[MARTIALSTATUS].....................................[OCCUPATION]...........................................[CURRENTEMAIL]........................................[TEL/FAX]..................................................[ENTRYTICKET NR]....................................[DRAW DATE]............................................NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember toquote your reference and batch numbers in all correspondences with this office. Furthermore, should there be any change of your address, do inform us as soon as possible.Congratulations again from all our staff for being part of our promotions program.Sincerely,Cathrine Grant (Mrs.),Euro Millions Copyright (c) 2007 Euro Millions inc.
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