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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: sam PHILIP <lottoryinternationalwest14@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2014 14:11:10 +0200
Subject: EURO MILLIONES GERMANY


*LOTERÍA INTERNACIONAL*

*Frobel str 36 Duisburg huchfeld´*

*37053 Germany*

*Tel/Fax: +4915213885800*

*ATTN: Beneficiary,*

*RE: FINAL AWARD PRIZE WINNING ALERT NOTIFICATION*

*This is to inform you the release of EURO MILLIONES GERMANY LOTTERY
PROMOTIONS PROGRAM held on the 15**th **of*

*July, 2014. Due to the mix up of numbers and addresses, the results were
released on the August 1**st **2014 . This program was*

*organized by our marketing department to promote and encourage
international participation in our yearly high stake lotteries and*

*no ticket was sold out. Your name business address was entered as an
alternative number attached with Reference number:*

*TB/77/555/000/1 with Batch number: 02-3773 ESP drew the lucky numbers
6-10-32-33-41. Estella’s: 6-8, which consequently won the*

*lottery in the 2nd category. You have therefore been approved a lump sum
payment of € 738.245,67 (SIVEN HUNDRED AND*

*THIRTY EIGHT THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED FOURTYFIVE POINT SIXTYSEVEN CENT ONLY)
in cash shared among the*

*(International winners in this category). CONGRATULATIONS!!!*

*Your fund is now deposited with Sparkasse Bank and insured in your company
Address name. To avoid double claim, we ask that*

*you keep your winning award information strictly away from public notice,
until your claim has been processed and money remitted*

*to your possession as this is part of our security protocol to avoid
unwarranted abuse of this program by unscrupulous individuals.*

*All participants were selected through a telephone book directory system,
drawn from (100.000) addresses & names from Asia,*

*America, Africa, Europe, and South Pacific, as part of our International
promotion program. We hope you’re lucky name will draw*

*a bigger cash prize in the subsequent programs ahead.*

*To begin your lottery claim, please complete the payment processing form
attached to this letter with a copy of your identification to*

*your claim agent company and contact your claims agent immediately Mr.
Arnold Karlheinz the Foreign Service manager of ASSA*

*ABLOY On Tel/ Fax: +49-*1522-7443-514 *Email:
hiscoxinsurance@consultant.com <hiscoxinsurance@consultant.com>*

*For the processing and remittance of your prize winning money to a
designated choice of yours .Remember, all prize money must be*

*claimed not later than 30**th **of August 1, 2014, 2014. Failure to make
his or her claim before this date, winning fund will be returned*

*to the Ministerium Wirtschaft as unclaimed fund. And also you are being
informed that 10% of your Winning belongs to ASSA*

*ABLOY Company as part of their commission for acting on your behalf. Three
(3) certificates are to be issued to you by the local*

*government tax authority, ministry of finance and ministry of interior and
ministry of economy, to back up your winning. Your*

*agent will direct you further on the administrative requirement to enable
the bank to release your fund to the designated choice of*

*yours. NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications,
please remember to quote your reference and batch*

*numbers in every correspondence with your agent company. Furthermore,
should there be any change of address, do inform your*

*claims agency company as soon as possible as the original copy of your
award letter has been forwarded to your agent company for*

*security purposes. Congratulations once again.*

*sign*

*Mr Berthold Dearg Ewart*

*(Visé Presidente International Prize Department)*

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