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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: eromillion_notice@handbag.com
Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2005 19:01:06 +0200
Subject: Euromillion Award Winning Notification.

EUROMILLION S.L.
Av. Comunidad de Madrid,
37-41, Las Rozas
28008 Madrid,
España.

Ref: Nº: ES/EUR07/05.
Batch Nº: 07/05/XXCVMAD.

We happily announce to you the draw of the EUROMILLION LOTTERY e-mail online
Sweepstakes International program held 29th July 2005. Your e-mail address
attached to ticket number 3-19-26-49-50 drew the lucky star number: (4-5)
Bonus Ball which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of EUR ? 667,248.26.
(Six Hundred And Sixty Seven Thousand, Two Hundred And Fourty Eight Euros.
Twenty Six Cents) in cash credited to Ref: Nº: ES/EUR07/05 and Batch Nº:
07/05/XXCVMAD .

All participants for the online version were selected randomly from World
Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000
unions,associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online. This promotion
takes place weekly. Please note that your lucky winning number falls within
our European booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your
play coupon. In view of this, your EUR ? 667,248.26. (Six Hundred And Sixty
Seven Thousand, Two Hundred And Fourty Eight Euros. Twenty Six Cents) would
be process for claim to you by our registered claim agent.

Our European agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the
release of your funds as soon as your contact is receive. For security reasons,
you are advised to keep your winning information confidential until your
claim is processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our precautionary
measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program, please
be warned.

To file your claim, please contact our registered claims agent:

*********************************************************************
Mr. Abel Luis.
MUNDO SERVICIO DE SEGURIDAD
Acala De Henares, 52
28055, Madrid.
España.
E.mail: mundoseguridad@netscape.net
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Please, note that winning prize must be claimed within three weeks of this
notification, after this period all unclaimed funds will be included in the
next stake. Remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in all correspondence
with your claim agent.

Once again congratulations from all our members and staff of EUROMILLION
S.L.

Yours sincerely,
ALVARO GARCIA SOLANA.
Online coordinator for EUROMILLION ESPAÑOL S.L.,
Sweepstakes International Program.


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