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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: "Paypal Milliones Lottory Notification" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <national.es@luckymail.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 13:19:04 -0700
Subject: Your Winning REF: PP-21180-ES and BATCH: PP-245-44

Congratulations

Attn User:

This is to notify you that this e-mail address was entered during the Paypal Euromillion lottery selection Draw on 20th of April 2010 and has won the sum of EUR450.000.00 (Four Hundred And Fifty thousand Euros).
For claim please contact the below claim agency for immediate processing of your claim. Rememebr to quote these numbers below for verification by the company. REF: PP-21180-ES and BATCH: PP-245-44
you should include Your Name, Address, Sex, Age, Occupation,
Nationality, Phone Number .

Company:NATIONAL TRUST S.A
Dr. Fred walter (Foreign Service Manager)
Email:national.es@luckymail.com
Email: infoagencia@aol.com
Tel: Tel:+34-634-130-267

Sincerely,
Mrs. Amanda Carlos
Euromillion Public Relation Officer

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