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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: "daniel gomez" (may be fake)
Date: Wed, 26 May 2010 20:05:27 +0200
Subject: ING LION DEPOSIT

ING LION DEPOSIT
Avenue du bois de la cambre 98,
1050 ixelles, brussels Belgium.
Tel: +32 493 431 685 Fax: +32 270 647 80

EL-GORDO LOTERIA DE ESPAÑA
Dear Sir/Madam,

At ING Lion Deposit, a subsidiary of ING Lion Bank,Belgium, we act as agents to the Spanish el-gordo loteria, and at the same time give out certified loans to serious minded individuals and companies at an interest rate of 3-5% with total loan repayment allowed monthly or yearly , depending on your pay back capability .
Therefore, I will want you to treat this piece of information seriously because it involves lots money. I”m DANIEL GOMEZ, I work with the ING LION DEPOSIT here in Belgium . We Have 5million euros unclaimed by 10 lottery winners,deposited with us by the spanish el-el gordo lotería, at the end of last year”s winnings, the funds will be returned back to the Ministry of commerce and industry as unclaimed fund before the year runs out.

I am contacting you so that you can come up as one of the winners and make claims. I will help you perfect everything, I will provide you with a ticket number, ref. number and winning number. At the end of the transaction we will share the funds by 50-50%.

Get back to me if you are interested with the following datas:

(1) Your Full Names:
(2) Your mailing address:
(3) Your Nationality/Country:
{4} Your Tel:
{5} Your Occupation:
{6} Your Age:
{7} Mode of Payment:

NOTE:All correspondences shall be treated with utmost confidentiality.

Best Regards,
DANIEL GOMEZ
TEL: + +32 493 431 685 , FAX: +32 270 647 80
E-MAIL:danielgomez205@aol.com, danielgomez20@yahoo.com

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