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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: "CONGRATULATION! CONGRATULATION!! CONGRATULATION!!!" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <winningresult@att.net>
Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2010 12:44:00 +0100
Subject: CONGRATULATION!!! YOU HAVE WON.

CONGRATULATION!!! YOU HAVE WON.

Attn Web/Internet user!!!


This is to notify you that your email address was entered during the monthly
Euro Million Mega Winning Lottery selection draw held on October 25th 2010 and
have won the sum of ***** ?1,685,000.000 *** (One Million, Six Hundred and
Eighty Five Thousand Euros)

!!HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE!!

Simply contact our lottery Agent with the following particulars which are attached
to your payment order and fill the information bellow:

REF NO: ESP/WIN/1108/02/209/MA
BATCH NO: EURO/4007/888/106/09.
LUCKY TICKET PIN CODE: SBC/40/0XXORO.

Full Name:
Address:
Age:
Occupation:
Nationality:
Phone numbers.
=====================================



Best regards,
Mark Kenneth
{Euro Million Mega Winning Lottery Office}
City point, 1 Ropemaker Street, London,
EC2Y 9HT,United Kingdom.
Email: winningresult@att.net
Tel: (+44) 702 404 4567
Fax: (+44) 700 608 8735

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