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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: "Allison Woodrow" <euronotice03@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 04:54:23 +0000
Subject: NOTICE: Your E-mail Address Has Won 1,000,000 Euros in the EuroMillions Lottery

EuroMillions,
8 Milton Drive,
London SW7 9PZ
London,
England

Fax: +44-87-0912-5017


ATTN: CONGRATULATIONS!!!

This is to notify you that your e-mail address has been
selected as one of the winners of 1,000,000 Euros
in the Winter 2005 Edition of the EuroMillions Rollover
E-mail Bonus Lottery. Congratulations!!!

The EuroMillions Winter draws are held to disburse
rollover prizes that were not won during the passing
year's monthly draws. This year, a total of 21,000,000 Euros
(approximately 30 million dollars) were shared amongst 12
winners whose email addresses were drawn together with yours.
You were selected as winner number 9.

Your e-mail address was selected from a random list of
7,364,981 e-mail addresses in a televised draw held at
St Bernard's Gate, London, where every e-mail address
was tagged with an iTicket code and serial code.

Your email address was assigned the following codes:

iTicket Code: 884137R
Serial Code: B13E48972-W3L

Your cash prize (one million Euros) has been lodged
in a temporary account with a selected payout bank.
The prize is in a ready state of transfer by/redemption to
you. To initiate the process of claiming your prize,
please send an e-mail message containing your serial code
to Margaret Berringham who is your personal prize manager.

Find below her contact information:


CONTACT:
==========================

Margaret Berringham, CGE
euroresponse03@hotmail.com

==========================


You shall receive further instructions on how to
collect your prize immediately you contact her.

For security reasons, please keep your winner's
information in a VERY safe place until your prize
has been remitted to you.

Congratulations from all of us.

Please DO NOT reply to this message. Contact your
personal prize manager directly using the
information presented above (i.e at this email
address: euroresponse03@hotmail.com)

Kindest Regards,
Allison Woodrow,
EuroMillions


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