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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: LA PRIMITIVA SPANISH LOTTO 6/49 <elgordoldlp@aim.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 06:30:43 +0200
Subject: 2007 EMAIL LOTTERY RESULTS ONLY FOR WINNERS !!! ( SPANISH LOTTO 6/ 49)


please respond to your agent using spanishprogram649@yahoo.es
LA PRIMITIVA SPANISH LOTTO 6/49
CALLE HONDURAS 1A
MADRID ESPA=D1A.
24TH OCTOBER, 2007.

EMAIL ALERT NOTIFICATION
CONGRATULATIONS!!! You have won =8010,000,000.00 from the La Primitiva =
Spanish 6/49 held on the 3rd of October 2007 in which ten winners emerged =
This is the most popular draw on the Spanish lottery calendar. It is held =
every Year and is affectionately the biggest ,Your E-mail address won you =
ten million euros =8010,000,000.00 with winning ticket details ( WINNING =
NUMBERS 34-12-78-07 and E-MAIL CODE YT-54-11) .
All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site through =
computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 companies and we utilise =
state of the art Electronic Data Processing (EDP) to ensure accuracy of all =
transactions, ticket purchases and win payments.

You are to contact your claims agent Mr Bate Roi and he shall guide you =
perfectly in claiming your prize and You shall receive the full amount of =
the prize money you won.
CONTACT OF YOUR CLAIMS AGENT
NAME : MR BATE ROI
EMAIL ADDRESS: spanishprogram649@yahoo.es
TELEPHONE NUMBER: 0034-630-763-355

When contacting Mr Bate Roi kindly present your information of identity for =
documentation in your winning file and for recognition of whom to claim =
award, either your country passport or any other valid identity is required. =
along with your WINNING NUMBERS 34-12-78-07 AND E-MAIL CODE YT-54-11
Remember, all winnings must be processed not later than one month from the =
day you receive this notification. Any requirement not met before this =
date,funds will be returned to the LA PRIMITIVA SPANISH 6/49
A copy of your lucky winning ticket and all other information will be sent =
to you as soon as your winning funds is processed by your claim agent MR BATE =
ROI .
Once again from all members of our staff CONGRATULATIONS for being a part of =
our International promotions program. NOTE:winners below eighteen years ( =
-18yrs ) are disqualified from this program.
All the testimonials used in our advertising are genuine and we only publish =
comments and photographs with the express written permission of the winners.
We wish you good fortunes.
Sincerely,
MRS ROSE MOYAN .

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