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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: "Euro Millions Online Promotions" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jzheng@bahcast.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2010 12:55:48 +0100
Subject: British Euro Millions Results

British Euro Millions Results
London, England.

Congratulations!!! You have won £2,754,000.00 from Euro Millions Online Promotions

The 348th EuroMillions draw took place on Monday November 8th 2010 at 10pm CET (9pm UK time).

Your Email Address was attached to Millionaire Raffle: PXV227093 and drew the
lucky Nos: 9 30 35 39 46 Bonus 6 from a total of 104,774 Email addresses in the 2nd Category.
You have therefore been approved to claim a Star Prize of £2,754,000.00 in cash credited to
File No: 6712314/ZAR/2010. Below is your Winning Details;

Reference No: 27-39/MOP/2010
Batch No: 6-4/21/MOP/2010
Amount Won: £2,754,000.00

For claims, contact the Britain Claims Fiduciary Agent with details below with the above
reference and batch numbers for the release of your winnings:

Mr. Steve Cook
Tel: +447045795051
E-mail: jzheng@bahcast.com


Note: The claims is Valid for a period of 3 week from the notification date,
hence you are expected to make your claims as soon as possible,
any claim not made within this time frame will be termed unclaimed and reallocated for subsequent draws.

Congratulations once again

Yours Truly,
Mr. J.A. Robinson
Euro Millions Online Promotions Manager

Copy Right (C) 2010 Euro Millions Online Promotions

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