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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: "THE PAYPAL PAYBACK" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <agenciaroyal@mixmail.com>
Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 19:34:21 +0200
Subject: Paypal Payback

CENTRAL CLAIM OFFICE, MADRID.
Calle Génova, 7. 28004, Madrid
REF: SR000847

CONGRATULATION SELECTED WINNER,

The Paypal Payback raffle draw conducted on the 30th of June 2009, the
results have just been released today.

And we wish to announce to you that you have been selected as one of the
lucky winners of Paypal promotion draw with a Ticket No: A0258176X, making
you the winner of the total Prize of €750,550.00 Euros. SEVEN HUNDRED AND
FIFTY THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY EUROS.

PayPal Lottery Prizes is a yearly Donation-based raffle draw. This may
look like a lottery but technically it is not, because candidates are draw
from paypal customers and credit cards holder issued by various credit
cards company supporting paypal. All candidates are then assign a unique
raffle tickets and references numbers ahead of the draw to promote and
encouragment all prospective paypal customers.

How do I claim my prize?

All claim will be verified by our agent, you are therefore require to send
corresponding mail notice for claim to our agent with the information
below, along with your Name Identification, Address and Telephone Number.
Upon confirmation of your status, your prize funds will made available for
payment by our paying Banks.
Contact Claim Agent:

ROYAL ACCESS AGENCIA S.A
Address: PLAZA DE SOL,
28921. (Madrid) Spain
Tel/fax: 0034-672.589.443
Email:royeragencia@teleoperadores.es
Congratulation again and we wish you more chances.
Hernández Francisco Adrián
Europe Organizing Committee
Spain Claim Central Office

PayPal Europe is duly licensed as a Luxembourg credit institution in the
sense of Article 2 of the law of 5 April 1993 on the financial sector as
amended (hereinafter the ?Law?) and is under the prudential supervision of
the Luxembourg supervisory authority, the Commission de
Surveillance du Secteur Financier, with registered office in L-1150
Luxembourg.
Copyright © 1999-2009 PayPal. All rights reserved.


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