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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: " INTERNACIONAL ESPANA" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <agentsdavid@yahoo.es>
Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2012 14:01:07 +0100
Subject: INTERNACIONAL ESPANA

BONO LOTTO INTERNACIONAL ESPANA
Congratulations!! Your email address was selected as winner of Online Euro Bono Lotto International Promotion Award, Organized by E U held on 28th OCTOBER 2012.
Your email won the sum of € 570,281.00 with Reference number: ESP/1245/114L/LOP Ticket No: won/SMI/5909, Winning Number: 6, 5, 44, 24, 11, 30 .This is from a total cash prize of €3,500.000.00, Three Million Five Hundred Thousand Euros Shared among the international winners in the Second category.
All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 30,000,000 Companies which is conducted annually in Central Europe.
We advice that you keep your winning information confidential until your claims has been processed and your money released to you.
This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming, to file your claim please Contact the appointed claiming agent in Spain, DR. David Mark Email: agentsdavid@yahoo.es with your full Information bellow
Full Name.........
Tell/Mobile….….
Address….
Sex…
Status…….
Date of Birth…….
Occupation……….
Nationality………

Congratulations once again.
Mrs. Lucia Montero
CODINETOR

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