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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: "EURO-PW LOTTERY v8.0" <europw@loterij.nl>
Reply-To: europw@windowslive.com
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2010 00:39:35 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: WINNING NUMBER: EPWL/010/190/222/751




EURO-PW LOTTERY v8.0,
WEBSITE: www.europw.com
POSTBUS 636-5930 AM
TERNEUZEN, HOLLAND.

RE:OFFICIAL PRIZE AWARD NOTICE.

DEAR WINNER,

THIS IS TO INFORM YOU THAT YOU HAVE WON A PRIZE MONEY OF ONE MILLION EURO
(1,000,000) FOR THIS MONTH (APRIL 2010), EURO-PW LOTTERY ONLINE PROMOTION.

ALL PARTICIPANTS FOR THIS ONLINE VERSION WERE SELECTED RANDOMLY FROM THE
WORLD WIDE WEB, THROUGH AN ELECTRONIC BALLOTING SYSTEM (E.B.S.) AND
EXTRACTED FROM OVER 100M SECURED WEBSITES WORLDWIDE.

ONLY FIVE WINNERS EMERGE EVERY MONTH THROUGH ELECTRONIC BALLOTING SYSTEM
(E.B.S.), AND YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS WAS SELECTED AND ATTACHED TO THE WINNING
NUMBER BELOW WE CONGRATULATE YOU FOR BEING ONE OF THE EURO-PW v8.0 WINNER.

PLEASE CONTACT OUR APPROVED AGENT FOR YOUR REGION WITH YOUR WINNING NUMBER
AND YOUR FILLED CLAIMS VERIFICATION FORM BELOW.

WINNING NUMBER: EPWL/010/190/222/751
EURO-PW LOTTERY v8.0.

CLAIMS VERIFICATION FORM.
FULL NAMES .
ADDRESS .
NATIONALITY .
COUNTRY .
TEL/FAX .
AGE/SEX .
MARITAL STATUS .
OCCUPATION .

PAYMENT OPTION
1. COURIER DELIVERY OF CERTIFIED WINNING CHEQUE (.....)
2. TRANSFER OF PRIZE MONEY VIA ONLINE BANK TRANSFER (.....)

TICK AN OPTION WHICH SUITS YOU BEST FOR THE REMITTANCE OF YOUR PRIZE MONEY
TO YOU.

CONGRATULATIONS FROM ALL MEMBERS OF STAFF OF EURO-PW LOTTERY.

MARIS VAN DIJK (Mrs.)
DIRECTOR; CLAIMS DEPARTMENT.
TEL/FAX: +31 (0) 84 740 8620
E-MAIL: europwdept2010@windowslive.com
FROM: GUILLERMO BARRIOS

NOTE: ALL CORRESPONDENCES SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO
europwdept2010@windowslive.com

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