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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: "Mrs. Anita Pablo" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <infoeuroespana@aol.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2009 12:06:33 +0100
Subject: Dear Email Owner

Dear Email Owner,
 
We write to congratulate you, as one of our 2009 Euro Millions NEWYEAR CRISIS SOLUTION PROMO email lucky winner of €735,110.17 EURO. This is a program aimed to help families with the current Global crisis and aimed also at encouraging Internet users, hence no ticket sold. Your email address attached to Qualification Number: EF/2709/EUSA, Winning Number 25/33/36/38/42/6/7. We request you pay attention to this notice and follow the steps and conditions of the operations officer below via email and telephone number with your winning numbers and qualification number:
 
EURO CASH S.L
Mr. David Williams
Tel: +34 622 778 522
Valencia, Spain
 
Note: All lucky participants would be required to obtain the Legalization/Notarization Task Clearance document from the Local Government of Valencia for endorsement of your Winning Certificate of 735,110.17(Euro) on your name.
Congratulations in Advance!!
 
Mrs. Angell Canovase.
Asst. Promotion Manager.
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