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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: euromillionees.award@handbag.com
Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2005 18:54:53 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!!!YOUR EMAIL WON A PRIZE

EURO MILLION LOTTERIES NATIONWIDE



We are pleased to inform all of the release, of the long awaited results
of the EURO MILLION LOTTERIES INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS PROGRAMME held on
the 15th JULY 2005 in Madrid (Spain). People with under listed batch numbers
and reference numbers should proceed for their claim immediately.
This promotion was set up for poverty eradications and to promote the usage
of computers/ internet programme all over the world, All participants were
selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 91,000 (Ninety One thousand)
names of email users of the internet around the world, as part of our international
promotions programme.
Your email address was attached to ticket number 13-2466-69486-699; with
serial number SP58-89 drew the lucky numbers 17-14-64-66-85, and consequently
won in category A. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out
of ?500,000.00 (Five Hundred thousand euro only) in cash, which is the winning
payout for Category? A" winners. This is from total prize money of ?55,000,000.00
(Fifty five Million Euros), shared among the 55 international winners in
this category.
Your funds are now deposited with EUROPA SECURITIES S.A SPAIN, a reputable
security and insurance firm in SPAIN, Comprehensively insured in your emails
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/no
participants 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 £10.Million, we hope that with a part
of your prize you will participate.
CONGRATULATIONS!!! Once again from the members of all our staff.
To begin your claims process; you are required to contact you claim agent
immediately
MR. JERRY CUSHMAN
OPERATION (Manager)
EUROPA SECURITIES S.A SPAIN
Foreign Service Number: +34628801603
EMAIL: europa_agency1@terra.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/6283/13-05/07
BATCH NUMBER: 1845-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,
EURO MILLION LOTTERY SPAIN.
www.euromillones.com.es
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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