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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: luckydrawselgodo@handbag.com
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 12:35:37 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATION

FROM: THE DESK OF THE MANAGING DIRECTOR
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARDS DEPARTMENT
GORDO EL PRIMITIVA LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL
www.loteria.com

REF Nº: BSM/412/55483
BATCH Nº:2231/449/ES

RE: AWARD NOTIFICATION/ FINAL NOTICE
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the GORDO EL PRIMITIVA LOTTERY
INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM which was held on the 8th Aug., 2005. Due to mix up
of names, the results were finally released on 11th Aug 2005.

Your email address is attached to a ticket number 550-094-752-278 with serial
number -XCP/S/SL/NO.-244600 drew the lucky numbers80-71-75-28-99 which
consequently won the lottery in the 2nd category. You have therefore been
approved for a lump sum payout of 250.000:00 Euros (Two Hundred And Fifty
Thousand Euros) in cash credited to the file reference number:
BSM/412/55483 .This is from a total cash price of 2.500.000:00EUROS(Two
Million Five Hundred Thousand EUROS) shared among twenty (10) international
winners in this grand category.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Your winning prize of 250.000:00 (Two Hundred And Fifty Thousand Euros Only)
is now deposited in a suspense account with our paying office and insured
to its real value. Due to the mix up of some
numbers and names, we advice that you keep this award from public notice
until your claims has been processed and your money remitted to your nominated
bank account as this is part of our security
protocol to avoid double claiming or unwarranted taking advantage of this
program by the general public.

All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
2,500,000:00 names and E-mail addresses from Asia, Australia, New Zealand,

Europe and North America as part of our international promotions program
which we conduct thrice every year. We hope that with part of your prize,you

will part-take in our (end of years) high stake promotions agenda of
E1,2 million international lottery.

To claim your Prize, you are advice to contact the Claim Department of
CONSTANT SEGUROS S.L
with your Full Name , Home and Office Tel & Fax Number, Mobile Phone Number
and also Home & Office Address for the processing of your claims along with

your Ref & Batch No and also your copy of your indentification.
************************************************************************************************************
MR.ANDERSON FREDO
E-mail: constantsegurosagent@walla.com
Foreign Service Manager(Constant Seguros S.L).
************************************************************************************************************
Be informed that before the paying office will effect payment of your
winning prize of 250.000:00Euros (Two Hundred And Fifty Thousand Euros Only)
your winning documents (International clearance certificate,Award Winning
Certificate, Certificate of Deposit,) covering your winning prize must be
legalised
in the Court and Minsitry of Justice here in Spain.This is in accordance
with the Spainish Lottery Board since after september 11,2001. For processing

and remittance of your prize funds into your designated bank account.Your
claims agent will assist you in the processing and remittance of your prize
funds into your designated bank account.

Note that all prize funds must be claimed not later than 30th of Aug. 2005.

After this date all funds will be returned as unclaimed for the next sweepstake.
In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please
endeavor to quote your reference and batch numbers in every correspondence
with us or your claims agent.

Furthermore, should there be any change in your address, do inform your claims
agent as soon as possible.

Congratulations once again from all members of our staff and thanks for being
part of our promotions program.

Best Regards,

MRS.HELENA GOMEZ
(PROMOTION MANAGER)
GORDO EL PRIMITIVA LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL





















































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