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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: "EUROMILLION PREMIO micro.promo@lotto.nl" <sansonetto@alice.it>
Reply-To: micropromo002@aim.com
Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2012 14:54:25 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?<<INFORMACI=C3=93N_IMPORTANTE>>?=

<<INFORMACIÓN IMPORTANTE>>

La presente es para notificarle que su dirección de correo electrónico surgió
ganador de un millón de euros en lotería MICROSOFT alianza Euromillion en
línea, celebrada en los Países Bajos.
Su dirección de correo electrónico fue recogido por el sistema informático
automatizado de votación como recompensa por su apoyo frecuente de los
servicios de Internet.
Para procesar su premio, en contacto con el abogado de procesamiento de
reclamaciones(Dr. John Larsen).
Correo electrónico de contacto: micropromo002@aim.com

Usted debe darse prisa y en contacto con el abogado de procesamiento de
reclamaciones antes de que caduque. Este tipo de suerte llega sólo una vez en
toda la vida.

Atte.
Sra. Geltrude Fucci.
======================


Be officially informed that your Email ID has emerged winner 1,000.000 in
MICROSOFT EUROMILLION online promo.
To process your prize, contact (Dr. John Larsen).
Email: micropromo002@aim.com


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