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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: "luis garcia" (may be fake)
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 04:35:25 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!


INTERLOTTO EUROPE /EUROMILLION BONO LOTTO PROGRAM
OFFICE;PLAZA JUAN CARLOS C-14541, MADRID SPAIN .
FROM THE DESK OF VICE PRESIDENT INTERNATIONAL
PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD
REFERENCE NUMBER: ANA/BCL654560010/_ESP
BATCH NUMBER:MOM/FEF9570020/_ESP

Dear Sir/Madam

CONGRATULATIONS!

We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on the 24th August 2011 from the LOTERIA LA PRIMITIVA SWEEPSTAKE INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM which is fully based on an electronic selection of winners using their e-mail addresses.

Your name was attached to ticket number; 4706172507056490902 serial number7050490902/189. This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows 4-13-33-37-42bonus number 17,which consequently won the lottery in the second category.
You here by have been approved a lump sum pay of( €935,470.00eur (NINE HUNDRED AND THIRTY FIVE THOUSAND, FOUR HUNDRED SEVENTY EUROS) in cash credit file ref: ILP/HW 47509/02 from the total cash prize shared amongst eight lucky winners in this category.

All participant were selected through a computer balloting system drawn from Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses from Canada, Australia, United States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our international promotions program which is conducted annually.
This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomorate of some multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the commmunities where they have operational base.

Further more your detail e-mail address falls within our European representative office in Spain, as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of €935,470.00 will be released to you from this regional branch office in Spain. We hope with part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year high stakes for €1.3 Billion international draw.

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE

Simply contact our financial agent,luis garcia OF LIBERTY SEGUROS S.A,E-mail: (luis.garcia247@mail.com)Tel: +34 603 146 261.
To file for your claim . Please quote your Date of draw,Reference Number, Batch Number and Winning Number, which can be found on the top-left corner of this message. Also, you should give in your telephone number to help locate your file easily. For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your prize has been released to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this programme by non-participant or unofficial personnel.
as they are your representing claims agent.The 5% will be paid after you have received your winnings because the money have already been insured in your name.




LOTTERY WINNERS APPLICATION FORM OF PAYMENT.
FULLNAME.................................................
DATE OF BIRTH............................................
ADDRESS..................................................
SEX.....................................................
AGE.....................................................
NATIONALITY............................................
OCCUPATION..............................................
TELEPHONE..............................................
FAX...................................................
EMAIL..................................................
DATE..................................................
WINNER REF/BATCH NO.....................................................APPROVED FOR PAYMENT.


NOTE: All winnings MUST be claimed by 27th OCTOBER.2011;otherwise all funds will be returned as
Unclaimed and eventually donated to charity.

The above requirements are necessary for immediate processing of your winnings
Congratulations once again from all our members of staff and thank you for being part of our international
promotion program.

sincerely,
Raul Gomez Gonzales.
HEAD ONLINE LOTTERY DEPARTMENT.

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