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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: Thais Camila de Souza Metzler <thais.metzler@tjmt.jus.br>
Reply-To: promotiondrawsboard@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2015 07:56:32 -0400 (AMT)
Subject:




Attention:Ref No:/LSP-RM-SLN/92018-88
Batch No:ITL/9401/63910

We are pleased to inform you that as a result of our recent ITALIAN SUPERENALOTTO DRAWS held on the 17th of April,2015. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 7491047291-0910 with serial number 3019-710 drew lucky numbers 9-42-15-12-01-25 which consequently won in the 2nd category.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of €1,500,000,00 {One Million Five Hundred Thousand Euros}.

To file your claim, you are to contact your accredited claims officer (Mrs.Luciano Pino ) with your information as follows:

1. Full Names***************
2. Residential Address***************
3. Nationality***************
4. Occupation***************
5. Age***************
6. Sex***************
8. Phone Number***************
================================================
Claims Processing Officer:
e-Mail: promotiondrawsboard@gmail.com
===============================================

NOTE: YOU ARE AUTOMATICALLY DISQUALIFIED IF YOU ARE BELOW 18 YEARS OF AGE.

Sincerely yours,
Mr.Marco Borsa
LOTTERY COORDINATOR
For; SuperEnalotto Italia
************************************************************

You are receiving this email because your email was selected through our
latest on-line ballot system from a list of email users whose email account
where active and the time of the draw.If you do not wish to claim your
winnings,and do not wish to receive further notice from us please inform
us so that we can delete your email from our data base.
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