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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: "Italian SuperEnlotto" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <sisaleuros.govt@live.it>
Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2010 00:36:01 +0100
Subject: Email Notice...........Congratulations!!!

 
Date of Event:16th Jan 2010.Draw Number:2010/07 2nd PrizeMatch 5+1 Lucky draw numbers: 14 - 18 - 32 - 33 - 46 - 88 numero jolly 35 Amount of winnings: 1,265,854.18 Euros / 1,819,538.80 USD If you wish to claim your winning prize, please feel free to contact our assigned fiduciary agent Mr. Mario Giamlucca at sisaleuros.govt@live.it
yours Sincerely ,for SuperEnalotto 2010
SuperEnalotto 2010 PREMIO DEPARTMENT,
EDIZIONE DEL INTERNET,VIA GARIBALDI 35,
21000 ROME, ITALY.
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This lottery was organized by an association of software manufacturers who came together from all parts of Europe including Italy ,Great Britain, Spain,
The Netherlands and Belgium which are the major host countries. All participants were selected through our Microsoft computer ballot draw
system, were we extracted over 20,000.00 companies and 3,000,000 individual email addresses and names from all over the world.
And we are proud to say that over 150 Million EUROS are won annually in more than 150 countries worldwide. We wish you a hearty
congratulation once again
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