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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: Don Garcia Jose <dongjose88@msn.com>
Reply-To: <donperez@latinmail.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2009 06:45:27 +0000
Subject: EURO MILLION. MICROSOFT-GROSS JACKPORT-LOTTERIE PROMO LOTTERIE)



EURO MILLION. MICROSOFT-GROSS JACKPORT-LOTTERIE PROMO LOTTERIE)

SPAN-NR.: 9465206 ----------------------------------

Herzlichen Glückwunsch, Ihre E-Mail-Adresse, hat neun hundert fünf ünd dreizig tausend vierhundert ünd siebzig Euro (935.470,00 Euro)in die elektronische Post von Microsoft Summer 2009, Gewonnen ist es von Ihnen erwartet, wenden Sie sich bitte an die Ansprüche
Agent sofort für die Übertragung von Gewinnen
Sehen sie bitte unten für Details.

8-AV.BLAS JUAN-UNION SICHERHEIT FIRMA S.A MADRID SPANIEN]
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Regulierer:Don DAVID PEREZ
E mail:donperez@latinmail.com
Telefon: 0034-645 493 969
Telefax: 0034-912 919 708
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ANTRAG AUF PREIS ANTRAGSFORMULAR - E (Eingang Amtsblatt
Notification Letter)

ANSPRUCH, DER FORM VERARBEITET

1.Vollständiger Name:
2. Adresse:
3. Geburtsdatum:
4. Geschlecht:
5. Telefon:
6. Mobile:
7. Beruf:
8. Nationalitit:

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Herzlichen Glückwunsch noch einmal, vergessen Sie Ihre Angaben,und dies für die Art und Weise von der öffentlichen Bekanntmachung.

Vice President,
Don Garcia Jose

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