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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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Fraud email example:

From: email-webs-award@handbag.com
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 18:46:12 +0200
Subject: EMAIL LOTTERY AWARD NOTIFICATIONS!!!CONGRATULATIONS

FROM: THE LOTTERY COORDINATOR, INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
DEAR WINNER,
RESULTS FOR CATEGORY "A" DRAWS
Congratulations to you as we bring to your notice, the
results of the Category "A" draws of GROUP LOTTO INTERNATIONAL SPAIN. We
are happy to inform you that you have emerged a winner under the First Category,
which is part of our promotional draws. The draws were held on the 12TH APRIL
2005 and results are being officially announced today. Participants were
selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 4,000,000 names/email
addresses of individuals and companies from Africa, America, Asia, Australia,
Canada, Europe,
Middle East, and New Zealand as part of our International Promotions Program.
You/Your Company, attached to ticket number 3132/6181-43,with serial number
86-107 drew the lucky numbers 19, 21, 27, 30,42, 49 (22), and consequently
won in the Category "A".
You have therefore been awarded a lump sum pay out of?500,000.00 (Five Hundred
Thousand Euro) in cash, which is the winning payout for Category
"A" winners. This is from the total prize money of ?13,000,000.00 shared
among the 3 international winners in this category.
CONGRATULATIONS!
Your funds are now deposited with EURO INTER´L INSURANCE & SECURITY COMPANY
SPAIN, a reputable security and insurance firm in the SPAIN,Comprehensively
insured in your name. In your best interest and also to avoid mix up of numbers
and names of any kind, we request that you keep the entire details of your
award strictly from public notice until the process of transferring your
claims has been completed, and your funds remitted to your account. This
is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous
acts by
participants/nonparticipants of this program.
We also wish to bring to your notice our next year(2006)high stakes where
you stand a chance of winning up to £40.Million, we hope that with a part
of your prize you will participate.
Please contact your claims agent immediately, to begin your claims process;
MR. JERRY CUSHMAN
OPERATION ( Manager)
EURO INTER´L INSURANCE & SECURITY COMPANY (EIISC)
Foreign Service Number:+34628801603
EMAIL: goldenagent19@netscape.com
For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated account
of your choice.
Remember, you must contact your claim agent not later than ONE MONTH from
the date of this announcement. After this date,all funds will be returned
as unclaimed.
NOTE: For easy reference and identification find below your reference and
Batch numbers. Note that you are to forward this email to the Security and
insurance firm in your first correspondence with them, whether by email or
tel.
REFERENCE NUMBER: GLUK/6183/11-05/07
BATCH NUMBER: 1812-TH
Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being a lucky
winner in this part of our promotions program.
Sincerely,
THE LOTTERY COORDINATOR,
GROUP LOTTO INTERNATIONAL SPAIN.

N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the
winners will result to disqualification. Please do not reply to
this mail. Contact your claims agent.








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