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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: "IPOD INTERNATIONAL SPAIN" <ipodnotification@fastservice.com>
Reply-To: writemircoword@aol.com
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2010 06:21:03 +0800
Subject: Your email address emerged as a winner

Your email address emerged as a winner

EURO MILLIONS
CUSTOMER SERVICE
CALLE LAS ROZAS
MADRID SPAIN/ESPANA

Reference No: EU/54797/MI
Batch No: EU/G001/MI
Qualification No: EU/6747/MI

OFFICIAL WINNING NOTIFICATION.

Welcome to Euro Millions Jackport we are pleased to inform you of the
released results of
the Sweepstakes Promotion program organized by Euro Millions in conjunction
with the
foundation for the Promotion of software products, hold on April 12th 2010,
in Spain-Madrid.

Your email address emerged as one of the on-line Winning emails, and
therefore You have been
approved for a cash award 500,000.00(FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND EUROS) this is
from a total
cash prize of FIVE MILLION EUROS Shared among the ten International winners.

To begin your claim contact our Accredited agent.
Mr. Alex Pedro.
Email: writemircoword@aol.com

This Lottery is approved by the Spanish Gaming Board and also licensed by
the International
Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR) All winnings must be claimed not
later than seven working
day there after all unclaimed funds would be included in the next stake.

NOTE: This Email Lottery is sponsored by Euro Millions the members of
Spanish MSFT Word
Resource Consortium Software Promotion Companies, and is organized to
encourage the use of the
Internet users and to promote computer literacy world wide.

Congratulations!!!

Sincerely,
Mrs. Cecelia Alfonso
Euro Million Lotto Coordinator.

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