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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.com" <raymond@realtek.com.tw>
Reply-To: <private007@blumail.org>
Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2011 11:55:47 +0100
Subject: CONGRATULATION!!WINNER-NOTIFICATION!!

 

 

Congratulations!! We happily announce to you of the just concluded Euro-Million National Lottery, held on the 5th August. 2011 in UK. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 01!V 5563551C with Serial number AC-38643241 drew the lucky numbers: [ 10-20-35-52-55]. The Bonus Ball [25], which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e matches 4 plus bonus. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of #a 10,852,000.00 (Ten Million, Eight Hundred and Fifty-Two Thousand Euro) credited to file number KTU/9023418808/01. All participants for the online version were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites through computer draw system (Topez) and extracted from over 100,000 email addresses of unions, associations and corporate bodies that are listed online.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our Regional U-booklet representative office in west Africa as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, Your of #a 10,852,000.00 (Ten Million, Eight Hundred and Fifty-Two Thousand Euro) would be released to you by our payment offices here in west Africa. Our west African agent REV. Anthony Scott will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential until your claim is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program.

Contact your claims agent with your Ticket Number.
Overseas Claims Unit
West African Fiduciary Agent for EURO MILLION NATIONAL LOTTERY.
Name: REV. Anthony Scott
Email: private007@blumail.org

Warning!!: Winners Details should be kept (Strictly Confidential).

Yours Faithfully,  
Mrs Carol Smith
Online Co-ordinator

 

 

 

 

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