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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 <eurojackpotpromo@yahoo.com.ph>
Reply-To: seguros-fina2000@europe.com
Date: 20 Mar 2013 12:35:06 -0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS



2013 OFFICIAL LOTTERY

AWARD NOTIFICATION



ONLINE MAIL AWARDS CENTER MADRID SPAIN.

Avenida Francesc Cambo 21

Barcelona , 08003 Catalunya , Spain.



ATTN:

This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of Three Million Nine Hundred and Fifty Thousand, Three Hundred and Fifty Euros Only(€3.950,350.00) for 2013 prize promotion which is organized by YAHOO,AOL & WINDOWS LIVE,MSN this 2013 YAHOO and MICRO SOFT collects all the email addresses of the people that are active online. among the millions that subscribed to Yahoo and Hotmail and few from other e-mail providers.Six people are selected every year to benefit from this promotion and you are one of the selected winners.

PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM

Winners shall be paid in accordance with his/her settlement center.Yahoo prize award must be claimed no later than (28)days from date of Draw Notification. Any prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited. Stated below are your identification numbers. BATCH Nº: CCH/08/ACA-43658, REFERENCE Nº: 2008234522, These numbers fall within the Spanish Location file. you are requested to contact our fiduciary agent in SPAIN (Dr ANTONIO MORENTES) and send your winning identification numbers to: FINA SECURITY COMPANY (fina.seguros@mail.com).



Bernardo Ginez Lascano Esq.

Calle Alfredo Marquer?e 24,

28029 Madrid , Spain.

TEL: +34-653-493-882

E-mail: fina.seguros@mail.com



You are advised to send the following information to your Claims Agent to facilitate the release of your fund to you.



1. Full Name.



2. Country. Contact Address.



4. Telephone Number. Fax Number.



5. Your Date of birth. Sex.



6.Occupation.



7.Batch Number. Reference Number.



8.E-mail.



A copy of your passport or your driverslicense is needed while sending your information…

For security reasons,you advised to keep your winning information confidential

Till your claim is processed.



Regards

Mrs Maria Alfredo




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