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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: "Mrs.Larisa Romani" <informacion@laloterianavidad.com>
Reply-To: <gsservicio@terra.es>
Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2012 03:34:10 +0200
Subject: FOR WINNING CLAIMS OF €568,750.00 EUROS, PLEASE CONTACT DON.ROBERTO PEZ JUAN

Officina de Loteria de Navida
Admin.de Loterias y Apuestas del Estado
Apartado de correos 026
28085 Madrid-Espana


RE: YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS WON THE LOTERIA DE NAVIDA.


Atencion: GANADOR PREMIADO


We congratulate you over your email success in our computer balloting (Sweepstakes) held on Thursday, December 22-12-2011 and was officially release today Friday. 3-09-2012 due to some mix-up with the claim amount. This is a Millennium Scientific Computer Program for(Christmas Lottery Bonanza) in collaboration with OrangeHome in which email addresses were used. Your email address drew and won the sum of €568,750.00 Euros (Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand Euros Only) in cash credited to file with Reference Number: Esp/win/ds80700, Batch Numbers: NAD/4010; Serial Number: 05327 and Fund Deposit Nº: 2098389822001490120.

To further confirm your winning amount and authenticity of this program, we advice that you consult your winning information by login to our official website: http://www.laloterianavidad.com/comprobar-loteria-navidad/ and carefully type in 53404 at INTRODUZCA SU NÚMERO and 091 at CUANTO JUEGA then click on (COMPROBAR LOTERIA) to confirm your winning amount. As you are advice to contact Global Seguros Servicio SA for Confirmation of your Winning and you provide your Full Name, Reference Number/ Batch Number Serial Number and Fund Deposit Nº:.2098389822001490120 and Amount.

Note that 5% of your winning prize will be accredited to Global Seguros Servicio S.A. as their commision, after you receive your winning sum in your bank and to begin your claim processing, kindly send fax or email to your assigned person Sr.Roberto Pez Juan, with the below details and call him for oral clarification:-

1) Your Full Name:
2) Your Telephone:
3) Mobile Number:
4) Fax Number (If available):
4) Your Address:
5) Your Occupation:
6) Your Age:
7) Next of Kin:
9) Amount won:
10) Reference Number:
11) Batch Numbers:
12) Serial Number:

YOUR ASSIGNED AGENT DETAILS:-
Company: Global Seguros Servicio
Contact Name: Sr. Roberto Pez Juan. (Claim/Legal Operations Manager)
Ditect Tel: 00(34)-632-778-708
Durect Fax: 00(34)-911-11O2-00
E-Mail: gsservicio@terra.es
E-Mail: globalsegurosservicio@insurer.com

Finally we advice that you keep this winning notification very confidential,until you receive your lump prize either through direct bank transfer, online banking or certified cheque payment. This is a protective measure put in place to avoid double claiming on your winning prize, as we have witness cases like this in the past.

Congratulation in advance,

Sincerely yours,

Don.Gil Dormingo, LDN Online coordinator.
For:- Lotería de Navidad (c)2011 Promoción

Mrs.Larisa Romani
Presidenta Lotería de Navidad
website:http://www.laloterianavidad.com

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