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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: "EUROMILLONES LOTTERY"<managementservice01@live.com>
Reply-To: <jimperson01@sify.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2009 05:21:51 +0900 (JST)
Subject: ***SPAM*** ? ***SPAM*** Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2009 00:42:24 +0100

THE EUROMILLONES LOTTERY OFFICIAL PRIZE NOTIFICATION


We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual final Lottery draw(s) held on the 8th of September, 2009) by Euro Millions Lottery Madrid Spain., your email was among the 20 Lucky winners who won £800,000.00 (Eight Hundred Thousand Euro) each.

THE EUROMILLONES PROMOTION

However the results were released on the 14th of July, 2009 and your email was attached to ticket number (7PWYZ2009) and ballot number (BT: 12052009/20) The online draws were conducted by random selection of email addresses from an exclusive list of (29,031) E-mail addresses of individuals and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search from the internet. However, no tickets were sold but all email addresses were assigned to different ticket numbers for representation and privacy.

The selection process was carried out through random selection in our computerized email selection machine (TOPAZ) from a database of over 250,000 email addresses drawn from all the continents of the world. This Lottery is approved by the Spanish Gaming Board and also licensed by the International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR). This lottery is the 3rd of its kind and we intend to sensitize the public.

In order to claim your £800,000.00 prize winning, which has been deposited in a designated bank? So you will have to fill out the form below and send it to the Promotion manager of THE SOLID SECURITY COMPANY for verification and then you will be directed to the bank for the transfer of £800,000.00 in cash into your account in your country.


NAME:..................................... AGE:........................................


SEX:........................................ ADDRESS:...............................



EMAIL:.................................... PHONE:...................................



OCCUPATION:......................... COUNTRY:...............................

Please you are advised to complete the form and send it immediately to our Promotion manager through email for prompt collection of your funds from the designated bank.

(CONTACT PROMOTION MANAGER)

Name: MR. JIM PERSON


E MAIL: jimperson01@sify.com


Sincerely,



Management


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