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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: "Mrs Hector Palmira. (Secretary)" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <directsecuity@aol.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2015 23:15:00 +0100
Subject: Attention Dear Winner

EUROJACKPOT
CAPITAN HAYA 53
28020, MADRID SPAIN

Attention Dear Winner,

We wish to congratulate you over your email success in our computer Balloting. This is a Millennium Scientific Electronic Computer Games in which email addresses were used. All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from over 100,000 companies and 50,000,000 individuals email addresses from all over the world. It is a promotional program aimed at encouraging internet users; therefore you do not need to buy ticket to enter for it.

Your email address drew and won the sum of 1.000.000, 00 Euros (ONE MILLION EUROS) in cash credited to file with REFERENCE NUMBER: ESP/WIN/DS, (00147). BATCH NUMBERS: NAD, (20). SERIAL NUMBER: 10ª which consequently won the lottery in the 2nd category. AND PROMOTION DATE: 12-10-2015.

To claim your winning prize, you are to contact the appointed agent below as soon as possible for the immediate release of your winning fund with your particulars:

Contact Person: Mr. Wilson Volla (Foreign Operations Manager)
Tel: +34 603 157 425
Fax: +34 911 820 282
E-mail: directsecuity@aol.com

DIRECT SECURITY NETWORK
"PROTECT YOUR FAMILY AND SECURE YOUR FUTURE"
Calle San Jose Nº 6, 28008, Madrid Spain.
Tel: +34 603 157 425, Fax: +34 911 820 282
E-mail: directsecuity@aol.com
(COMPLETE THIS FORM AND SEND BACK TO D.S.N)

YOUR REF Nº:……………… BATCH Nº:..…………

DATE:………………… TOTAL PRICE WON..………………

NAME:………………………… MIDDLE NAME:…..…………

LASTNAME:……………… DATE OF BIRTH:…………………

HOME ADDRESS:………………CITY:………STATE:…………

ZIP CODE:…………COUNTRY:………… NATIONALITY:………

TELEPHONE Nº:………………… MOBILE :…………FAXNº:………

E-MAIL ADDRESS:…………………… SEX :( M)……(F).......

OCCUPATION:………… MARITAL STATUS :( M)……(S)…..(D)…

I WOULD LIKE TO BE PAID BY (A) BANK TRANSFER (B) CERTIFIED BANK CHEQUE

DECLARATION:
I MR, MISS, MRS.......HEREBY DECLARE THAT I HAVE NEVER RECEIVED ANY PAYMENT ON BEHALF OF DIRECT SECURITY NETWORK. NOR HAVE ANY OF MY FAMILY MEMBERS FILED A CLAIM ON MY BEHALF. I HERE BY AUTHORISE DIRECT SECURITY NETWORK. TO ACT ON MY BEHALF IN THE PROCESSING AND TRANSFER OF FUNDS TO THE DESIGNATED BANK INFORMATION AS STATED ABOVE. I ALSO AGREE TO PAY 10% OF MY WINNING TO DIRECT SECURITY NETWORK.ON RECEIPT OF THIS MONEY.

CONGRATULATIONS once again from all our staff.

Mrs Hector Palmira. (Secretary)
Lotto Board Commission

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