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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: "Euromillion Lottery Award" <info@euromillion.org>
Reply-To: eurocashaward@zipmail.com.br
Date: Fri, 02 Jul 2010 22:50:02 +0200
Subject: Re: Check Your E-Mail


EURO MILLIONS PROMOTION
2 LANSDOWNE ROW
BERKELEY SQUARE
LONDON W1J 6HL
UNITED KINGDOM
WEBSITE: http://www.euro-millions.com/

Dear Lucky Winner,

We are pleased to announce you as one of the 11 lucky winners in our
EUROMILLION LOTTERY DRAW held on 1st July 2010.Your email address
emerged alongside nine others in the category of winners in this
year's Annual Free Lottery Draw. All 10 winning email addresses were
randomly selected from a batch of 50,000,000 international emails. You
have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of $600,000.00 (six
hundred Thousand Dollars ).NO TICKETS WERE SOLD

The following particulars are attached to your lotto payment order:

i)Bonus Numbers: IPP/1555002244/05/UK ii) Email Ticket
Number:ES34/044/ILP/SL/UK,iii) Lotto code Number: FL/099/87/, iv) File
Ref number: FL/31270-0/UK

To file your claims of 600,000.00 (six hundred Thousand Dollars),you
have to fill the below information completely and submit it to our
fiduciary claims agent for documentation and processing of your
lottery winning certificate:

Your Name In Full......
Your Nationality...
Your Present Address.......
Your Sex Gender/Age......
Your Occupation......
Your Mobile Phone Number......

Lottery Claims Agent: Dr.John Fullham
E-mail:johnfullham24@yahoo.com, eurocashaward@zipmail.com.br
Phone Number: +447035905364

On behalf of the Board of Trustees of Euro Millions Association
(E.M.A) Draw Promotion, kindly accept our warmest congratulations.

Sincerely,
Rev. Mark Willson
Promotions Manager.







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