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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: "PINTO" (may be fake)
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2010 09:01:42 +0200
Subject: EURO MILLION SWEEPSTAKES


EURO MILLION SWEEPSTAKES
AVD.JUAN REAL 25 C.P 28002
MADRID SPAIN.

REFERENCE NO: 94-42-1-57-33-88-5
BATCH NUMBER: RYSP22541233


DEAR WINNER,

CONGRATS WE HAVE CONTACTED PREVIOUSLY WITHOUT RESPONSE.
PLEASE BE INFORMED, YOU ARE THE LUCKY WINNER OF 3,000,000.00 EUROS
IN OUR EURO MILLION MONTHLY ONLINE AWARD BONANZA AND ALL PARTICIPANTS WERE SELECTED THROUGH A COMPUTER BALLOT SYSTEM DRAWN FROM 520,000 EMAILS FROM ASIA, EUROPE, AUSTRALIA, AFRICA, NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA.
BELOW ARE YOUR WINNING INFORMATION'S:
EMAIL TICKET NUMBER 12-21-45-19-27-91
REFERENCE NUMBER: 94-42-1-57-33-88-5
DRAW LUCKY NUMBER: 5-17-12-17-33/*5*8
BATCH NUMBER: RYSP22541233
SERIAL NUMBER: POS336976270Y
PLEASE DO ENDEAVOUR TO SEND YOUR
FULL NAME, ADD, AGE, OCCUPATION, TEL&FAX
TO ENABLE US FILE IN YOUR NAME FOR PAYMENT
THROUGH YOUR CLAIMS AGENT

DON HANGAN WALTER
EMAIL:hanganwalter2@gmail.com
PHONE: +34 634 055 828
FAX: 0034 917 69 3000

SEND YOUR DATA FOR MORE DETAILS.

CHOOSE YOUR CLAIMS OPTION.
(1)COURIER DELIVERY
(2)BANK TRANSFER
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!

PLEASE COMPLETE THE ATTACHED CLAIM FORM BELOW AND SEND VIA FAX TO US)

NAME:_________________________________________ SURNAME:______________________________


DATE OF BIRTH:___________________ OCCUPATION:_________________________________________


NEXT OF KIN:___________________________________________________________________________


ADDRESS:______________________________________________________________________________


TELEPHONE:__________________MOBILE:__________________FAX:____________________________


REGARDS
MRS ISABELLA PINTO
INTERNATIONAL CO-ORDINATIOR

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