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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: "LOTTO COMPANY" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <fredalvaro@gmx.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2015 18:04:24 +0100
Subject: AWARD NOTIFICATIONS

INTERNATIONAL E-MAIL PROMOTION/PRICE AWARD                                                                                                       

EUOROMILLIONES LOTTERY COMPANY                                                                                             
Avda De La Constitucion 48                                                   
Bloque 628080
Madrid - Spain.
 
Att:Beneficiary,
This is to inform you of the release of the EURO MILLIONEN LOTTERY E-MAIL ADDRESS PROGRAM held on the 06 of Febuary 2015. 
 
Your e-mail address id attach to ticket number AGS306 with reference number ES/AGS/306/EM/2015/2 drew the lucky number 6-14-16-34-50 ,4-6 which consequently won the lottery in the 3rd CATEGORY, you have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of €1.555.000.00
 
The online draws was conducted by a random selection of email addresses from an exclusive list of 30,031 E-mail addresses of individuals and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search from the internet. As such no tickets were sold but all email addresses were assigned to different ticket numbers for representation, identification and privacy purposes.
 
To begin your lottery claims, please contact your claims agent immediately (Mr. Fred Alvaro) the Foreign Service manager of CRYSTAL LINE SECURITY NETWORK, S.L  via e-mail: fredalvaro@gmx.com , Tel: +34-631-943-071  for the processing and remittance of your prize winning money to a designated choice of yours.
 
Note. That three certificate are to be obtain from the Spanish local government tax authority, ministry of finance and ministry of interior to backup 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.
Carefully fill out the following information and e-mail or fax to your agent.
1. Name in full.
2. Address.
3. Nationality
4. Age
5. Occupation.
6. Telephone Number.
7. Present Country
8. Email address.
CONGRATULATION.
 
Yours Sincerely,
Natalia Paco
VICE PRESIDENT

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