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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: <service.euro-millio.n@consultant.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2012 19:49:57 +0200
Subject: Immediate Process of Your Claim

EURO MILLION INTL.

Dear Winner,

Congratulations.

This is to notify you that this e-mail address was entered during the National E-mail selection Draw and has won successfully in our EURO MILLION LOTTERY INTL Award the sum of 700, 000.00 Euros (Seven hundred Thousand Euros).

The on-line caber draws was conducted from an exclusive list of 50,000,000 e-mail addresses of individual and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search from the Internet, no tickets were sold. After this automated computer ballot, your e-mail address emerged as one of 10 winners in the category. With the following winning information: You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of Euros 700,000.00 (Seven hundred Thousand Euros).

REF No: 9420X2/68
BATCH No: 074/05/ZY369
TICKET No: 20511465463-7644
SERIAL No: S/N-00168
LUCKY No: 087-13-856-37-10-83

For claim please contact the below company for immediate process of your claim; EURO MILLION INTL.
Office Contact: servicio-euromillio-n@consultant.com
Tel: +34 603-276-748.
Claim Director: Mr. Miguel Clavier

Remember to quote these numbers below for verification by the company. Winning references for more information’s and claim. You should include Your Name, Address, Sex, Age, Occupation, Nationality, and Phone Number.

Sincerely,
Mrs. Cathy Hevia
Public Relation Officer.
EURO MILLION INTL.

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