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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: Ola Martinez <OlaMartinez@web.de>
Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 13:29:44 +0200
Subject: 2008/Email Award Winner Confirmation Spain


Euro Millones Loteria S.A
Apartado de Correos 48,
28230 Las Rozas,
Madrid, España.
19/05/08
Attn: Winner, *****NOTIFICATION OF AWARD WINNING PRIZE*****
Finally today, the result of winners of the EURO MILLONES LOTERIA E-mail program held on the 9th of May 2008 was announced. Your e-mail address attached to TICKET No: 03A124 with REFERENCE No: B653-6590 drew STAR No: 7018-0189-7054 which consequently won in the 2ND CATEGORY, you have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of €975,000.00cents (Nine Hundred and Seventy Five Thousand Euro). !!!!CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

The online draws was conducted by a random selection of email addresses from an exclusive list of 30,031 E-mail addresses of individuals and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search from the internet. As such no tickets were sold but all email addresses were assigned to different ticket numbers for representation, identification and privacy purposes.
Contact the claim agent immediately via email or telephone with the information below for more information oh how to claim your prize. Euro Millones Loteria-Claim Processing Agent Name: Enviado Castano CruzEmail Address: euromlsa_claimagent002@aliceadsl.fr [mailto:euromlsa_claimagent002@aliceadsl.fr]Telephone: +34 658 261 046 You are to send the information below to the CLAIM PROCESSING AGENT via email for the confirmation of your winning.1. Your full names
2. Your address
3. Telephone/fax numbers
4. Occupation/age 5. Amount won
6. Reference Number
7. Security File Number
8. Ticket Number 9. Reconfirm Email Address
10. Date Notified Your SECURITY FILE NUMBER IS ( SF9870/0090/011 -- EML ) and this should be kept confidential by you at all times.
Yours Sincerely,
Ola Martinez
Loteria Coordinator Note:
********DO NOT DISCLOSE YOUR WINNING INFORMATION TO ANYONE TO AVOID DOUBLE CLAIMS*********






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