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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: Euro Millionasa <euromillionasa11@web.de>
Date: Wed, 04 Jul 2007 21:45:29 +0200
Subject: CLAIM NOTIFICATION




CLAIM NOTIFICATION
Euro Millionasa
28044, Madrid Spain
Dear Winner,

Congratulations to you as we bring to your notice the
result of Real Euro Millionasa. We are happy to
inform you that your email address have emerged a
winner of Five Hundred and Fifty Thousand Euros
(550,000.00) Euros.
NOTE: to file for your claim, please contact the claim
department below on email.


Office: Mr.Jone Sanchez
Navis Express Agency,S.L
Tel No: +34-692-967-211
Tel No: + 34-634-002-559
E- mail:navs177@aim.com

Find below your promotion date, Reference and Batch
numbers. Remember t o quote these n umbers in your
correspondence with your claims agent
PROMOTION DATE: 1 July 2007
REFERENCE NUMBER: SLEU/2031/5256/07
BATCH NU M BER: 07 / 25 907/IGRT
Kindly send the following information:
All our staff All winnings must be claimed not later than 14days
(i) Your names,

ii) Contact telephone and fax numbers

(iii) Contact Address

(iv) Your winning numbers

(v) Quote amount won.

Congratulations once again from all our staff and
thank you for being part of our promotions program.
Sincerely Yours,
MRS.Nora Moore
Director, Award Distribution Center




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