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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 Million Lottery" <info@winners.co.uk>
Reply-To: hugoserano@aim.com
Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 14:47:29 +0800
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS

Dear Winner,

CONGRATULATIONS.We happily announce to you the draw of the Euro
Million Lottery International Programs held on the 12th of October 2013
in United Kingdom. Your email address attached to ticket number:
(8-11-15-19-37) and reference Number: 5976/13 which subsequently won
you the lottery in the first category. You have therefore been
approved to claim a total sum of 1.000,000.00 (ONE MILLION EUROS ONLY).

All participants were selected randomly from World wide Website
through computer ballot system extracted from over 1,000,000.00
companies and individuals. This promotion takes place annually, for
security reasons you are advised to keep your winning information
confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to
your bank account in your Country.

To file for your claims, please contact our payment office by email.

Contact Person: Mr. Hugo Serano
(Legal Adviser Officer)
Email: hugoserano@aim.com
Euro Million Legal Department Office.

Note: that all winning must be claimed not later than 14 days of
receiving this notification. After this date all unclaimed, funds will
be included in the next promo, and to avoid unnecessary delay and
complications, please quote your reference/ticket numbers in any
correspondences with our Payment Department Office.

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

Sincerely,

Mrs.Maria Fernandez
Public Relations Officer.

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