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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: La Primitiva <laprimiv@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 8 May 2017 17:24:18 +0200
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION

La Primitiva Lottery Board
Madrid - Spain.
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Attn: Website User!!!

This is to notify you that your email was entered during the annual La Primitiva Lottery selection Draw and have won the sum of 722,000 euros.

You are to contact below claim officer for immediate process of your claim; Remember to quote these numbers below for verification by the company.

REF: MA/7222/000/ARD
BATCH: EU0011-056ES

Mr. Antonio Guzman (Claim Officer)
Tel: 00 34 631 041 296

You should include Your Name, and Phone numbers.

Note: that this is a promotional program aimed at encouraging internet users; therefore you do not need to buy a ticket to enter. All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from over 500,000 Email addresses from all over the world.

Best regards,
Dr. Maria Jose Muyor.
La Primitiva Lottery

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