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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: lotteriesespanae2005@handbag.com
Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 18:55:18 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS

FROM: THE LOTTERY COORDINATOR,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
DEAR WINNER,
RESULTS FOR CATEGORY "B" DRAWS
Congratulations to you as we bring to your notice, the
results of the Category "B" draws of GOLDEN LOTTERY
SPAIN. We are
happy to inform you that you have emerged a winner
under the third
Category, which is part of our promotional draws. The
drawsMarch
were held on the 24TH JUNE 2005 and results are being
officially announced today. Participants were
selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
40,000,000 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
3322/6181-33,
with serial number 92-71 drew the lucky numbers 19,
21, 25, 30,
41, 44 (22), and consequently won in the Category "B".
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
"B" winners. This is from the total prize money of
?13,000,000.00 shared among the 2 international
winners in this category.
CONGRATULATIONS!
Your funds are now deposited with EURO INSURANCE &
SECURITY COMPANY
SPAIN, a reputable security and insurance firm in the
SPAIN, 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 end year
(2005)
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.NELSON WHITE
OPERATION ( Manager)
EURO INSURANCE & SECURITY COMPANY (EISC)
Foreign Service Number:+34 659 797 284.
EMAIL: nelsonwhite1@yahoo.es
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 week 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/6181/11-02/05
BATCH NUMBER: 1811-TH
Congratulations once again from all our staff and
thank you
for being part of our promotions program.
Sincerely,
THE LOTTERY COORDINATOR,
GOLDEN LOTTERY 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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Book yourself something to look forward to in 2005.
Cheap flights - http://www.tiscali.co.uk/travel/flights/
Bargain holidays - http://www.tiscali.co.uk/travel/holidays/



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