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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: EURO LOTTERY <info.euro@europe.com>
Reply-To: eurolotoo@live.com
Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2012 09:05:17 -0300 (ART)
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS YOU HAVE WON EURO LOTTERY!!!!!





FROM: THE DESK OF EURO 2012 LOTTERY CO-ORDINATOR
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
REF: MLI/231-ILGI0431/12
BATCH: IPD/15/096/PTNL



RESULTS FOR CATEGORY "B" DRAWS

DEAR WINNER,

Congratulations to you as we bring to your notice, the results of the Category "B" draws of the EURO 2012 Lottery International programs held in London on the 30th August 2012. The draws were held prior to your notification. Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from over 5,000,000 Companies and 10,000,000 Individual email addresses from America, Asia, Australia, Africa, Canada, Europe, Middle East, and New Zealand as part of our EURO 2012 Lottery International Promotions Program.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number 20511465897-6291 with serial number 472-971103 drew lucky numbers 20-27-34-46-50-02-03 which consequently won in the 2nd category,

You have therefore been awarded a sum pay out of USD$900,000.00 ( Nine Hundred Thousand United States Dollars ) in cash, which is the winning payout for Category B winners.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

This Lottery international programs is been funded by European Union, Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep your winning information very confidential till your claims has been processed and your prize/money remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program which may result to the cancellation of winner's award.

Our method of payment is through the issurance of a bank draft that can be cashed in any international certified Bank in your country or though Bank transfer. Due to your location in order to claim your award winning payment kindly contact our Asian representative Claiming Officer through the email below.


Mrs. Jane Bill
Asian representative officer
EURO 2012 lottery international program
Email: eurolottoo@europe.com
Email:eurolotoo@live.com
Tel : +66-850-659-935
Thailand

Congratulations once more from our staff and thank you for being part of our promotional program.

Sincerely yours,
Mrs. Marylene Guper
EURO 2012 Lottery Coordinator
London, United Kingdom
https://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/p/results/euromillions.ftl


Endeavour to email your claiming officer the informations below:

1. Full Name :--------
2. Address :--------
3. Sex :--------
4. Age :---------
5. Maritial Status: -
6. Occupation : -----
7. Email : -------
8. Mobile No : ------
9. Batch No :-------
10. Ref No :-------
11. Country :-------



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This message (including any attachments) contains confidential information from Euro2012 Lottery Promotion and it is intended for the addressee(s) and it is protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you should disregard and delect the message. Any disclosure, copying, distribution or taking action based on this message is prohibited, and may result to legal action.


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