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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: Juan Carlos <claimmega@aol.com>
Reply-To: <infoclammega@aol.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2012 10:37:08 -0700
Subject: ZMAGOVALEC - Koncno obvestilo

ZMAGOVALEC - Koncno obvestilo

YOUR EMAIL ID je zmagal (€ 450,000.00 EUR) v mednarodnih tekmovanjih španski "El Gordo" Email loterije nagrade,
srecne številke in 9/11/13/24/43 Ref: ES/9420X2/68.

Kontakt Pojasnilo in postopek:

AFFAIR MEGA ZAHTEVEK AGENCIJA
Juan Carlos
Tel: 0034 672 594 567 (Govori angleško in špansko)

E-pošta: infoclammega@aol.com

Ime in priimek, naslov, starost, poklic, telefonske številke,

Cestitamo.

S spoštovanjem,

Gospa Gema Antonio (nagrada koordinator)


OPOMBA: To je mednarodna loterija program, obvestilo je bilo prevajanje iz anglešcine v slovenain ker ste zmagovalec
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

WINNER - Final notification

YOUR EMAIL ID has won (€ 450,000.00 Euro) in the international competitions of Spanish "El Gordo" lottery prize Email,
lucky numbers and 9/11/13/24/43 Ref: ES/9420X2/68.

The Clarification and procedure Contact:

STALLION MEGA CLAIM AGENCY
Juan Carlos
Tel: 0034 672 594 567 (Speak English and spanish)

Email: infoclammega@aol.com

The full name, address, age, occupation, telephone numbers,

Congratulations.

Sincerely,

Mrs Gema Antonio (Award coordinator)

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