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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: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:00:35 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: EMAIL BONANZA


CONGRATULATION!!!

We wish to inform you of the Yearly sweepstakes
program that your Email Address has won an Award sum of a total cash prize=
of 500,000.00 Euros(Five Hundred Thousand Euros)in this category.A contact=
the Agency below for your Claim.

You can stake your claim by the following
informations:
Name
Age
Sex
Address
Telephone Number
Ref. Number: E0U/010/826/KM07
Batch Number: QNL/744-ZWM9
Notification Date

Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and
Complications
please remember to quote your reference number and
batch numbers in all
correspondence.
***********************************************
Mr.Pedro Sanchez,
Claims processing manager
SPANISH EUROPW LOTTO=20
Email:europwlotto001@gmail.com
Tel: +34 653 448 151
Fax: +34 917 919 173=20


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