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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: "BRITISH EURO MILLION LOTTERY" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <edmundsoffice2@sify.com>
Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 11:28:01 -0700
Subject: BRITISH EURO MILLION LOTTERY (EUROBOTE)

BRITISH EURO MILLION LOTTERY (EUROBOTE)

Dear Beneficiary,

On behalf of the members of the Board and Staff of EDMUNDS COMPANY, One
Of the authorized claims agent .We happily notify you of the 13th draw of
the Euro millions (EUROBOTE) Email Lottery Internet use promotional program, organized by the British Lottery Board in association with MICROSOFT SUNTAX, NIKON, And six other companies, was held on the 19th of March, 2010 in the city hall NEWCASTLE(UNITED KINGDOM).
Your email address attached to a Lottery Ticket order, had the following details:

(A) Ticket Nr. 185090176641
(B) Reference Nr. CBL/NND/IRD/0607;
(C) Batch Nr.MVUK /1803/ 2010.
(D) Lucky Nrs, 10, 28,30,38,39
(E) Category 2 winners


You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of One Million, Five Hundred Thousand Dollar (US$1.5MILLION) as category 2 winners.
A total of 62.000,000,000 email addresses were entered for this Email Lottery Ballot, all the e-mails were submitted by our International email service providers from over 140
Countries that are listed, online and were thereafter randomly selected systematically
Through our Electronic Random Selection System (ERSS). All winnings must
Be claimed as soon as possible.

To file for your claim, please contact our agent Claims Department:

EDMUNDS COMPANY
Gran via 76b, 28006 London

Agents name: Mrs. Susan Amson
Email: eur10@live.com

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