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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: "***Notification Dept***" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <adseguro@aim.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2011 15:49:11 +0200
Subject: ****Congratulations!!

****Congratulations!!

This mail is to notify you that your Email Address attached to a Serial nr: 2443-05 has won an Award Sum of $915,870.00 00(Nine Hundred and Fifteen Thousand, Eight Hundred and Seventy USD only) In an Email Sweepstakes program held in our Company CASA VERDE INTERNATIONAL.All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from E-mails from Australia, Asia, Middle East, Africa, North and South America and Europe, as part of our yearly International Promotions which is conducted twice a year. The biannual promotion is so far responsible for changing the lives of many people around the globe

Contact the claim officer through the below given contact information.
CASA VERDE SEGUROS, S.A
Don. ANTONIO MANUEL ALFONSO
Email:adseguro@aim.com
Tel:+34653 471 335

Yours Sincerely,
Tonia Garcia.
(P.R.O)

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