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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: ealpwinningalert@tiscali.co.uk
Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2005 07:48:08 +0200
Subject: PRIZE NOTIFICATION

EURO AMERICAN LOTTERY PROMO
3B OLYMPIC WAY, SEFTON BUSINESS PARK,
AINTREE, LIVERPOOL, L30 1RD

FROM: THE DESK OF THE DIRECTOR PROMOTIONS,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
REF: EALP/66-CAW662005

Dear Winner,
We are pleased to announce you as one of the 6 lucky winners in the EURO
AMERICAN LOTTERY draw held on 28th of August 2005. All 6 winning addresses
were randomly selected from a batch of 40,000 international emails. Your
email address emerged alongside 5 others as a 3rd category winner in this
month's draw.

Consequently, you have therefore been approved for a total pay out of £1,500,000
Pounds( one million five hundred thousand pounds) only. The following particulars
are attached to your lottery payment order:

(i) Winning numbers: 30, 14, 29, 21, 48, 11
(ii) Email ticket number: 163-0-3251
(iii) Lotto batch number: 328-3GD
(iv) File Ref. number: EALP/66-CAW662005

Please contact the underlisted claims officer as soon as possible for the
immediate release of your winnings:

Mr. Richard Gayol,
FOREIGN DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR,
EURO AMERICAN LOTTERY PROMO.
Tel +44-703-194-9411
fax. +44-870-137-6954
Email: ealp_claimscenter@hotmail.com

Once again on behalf of all our staff, CONGRATULATIONS!!!


Sincerely,
Mrs Grace Robinson.
LOTTERY COORDINATOR,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS.
PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT, UK.
3B OLYMPIC WAY, SEFTON BUSINESS PARK,
AINTREE, LIVERPOOL, L30 1RD

N.B:
1.All claims are nullified after 20 working days from today.
2.Your Ref number must be in all your mails with the claims officer.
3.Do inform the claims officer of any change of names or addresses.
4.Please do not reply to this email. Contact your claims agent.
_______________________________________________________________________

The INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT, UK. is proudly sponsored
by financial Corp's,the Euro American group and a conglomeration of other
international IT companies. and is organized to encourage the use of the
internet and computers worldwide. We are proud to say that over 200 Million
Pounds are won annually in more than 150 countries worldwide.





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