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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: =?utf-8?q?Mega=20Euro=20NV?= <nv.megaeuro@yahoo.com.co>
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 04:33:59 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Your email address have won


¡Tengo nueva dirección de correo!Ahora puedes escribirme a:nv.megaeuro@yahoo.com.co



- Dear Winner,Your email address have won the 1st category winning prize of One million five hundred thousand euros in the MEGA EURO FREE EMAIL COMPUTER BALLOT.No purchase necessary.All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from over 50,000 companies and 2,000,000 individual email addresses from all over the world. Being one of the lucky winners,we hereby contact you to claim your win prize in this free email computer ballot promotion.Required informations:Name: ------------------------------------------------------------Nationality: -----------------------------------------------------Country of Residence: --------------------------------------------Occupation: ------------------------------------------------------Tel number: ------------------------------------------------------Email: -----------------------------------------------------------Send required informations above to your claims representative/agent below with your win authorization code: XCV/5127034/DWN. CONTACT:MEGA EURO NV.(Claims Agent)MR.SMIT GELDERSHOF Tel: 0031 64 729 3493 Fax: 0031 84 755 3231 Email: megaeuronvinfo@yahoo.com.Any leakage of this winning notification leading in a double claim will cause you to forfeit your prize thus we advise you to keep this winning notification message confidential away from public notice to prevent double claims and impersonation until after remittance/payment to you.Regards,Rita De Boer .(Co-ordinator)


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