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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: "Mrs. Monica Jose" <monica.jose6@yahoo.com.co>
Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2009 02:57:14 +0800
Subject: FILE YOUR CLAIM.



Dear Winner,

The coordinator euro million Promotion congratulate you for our prize award
attached your email based on star number ( 1-3-16-42-48 STAR NO. 2-3)
drew the
EUROMILLIONES lucky numbers 1-3-16-42-48 which consequently won the
draw in the
Second category 0 2 match 0 3.

You have therefore won and been approved the prize of € 900.165, 11(Nine
Hundred Thousand One Hundred and Sixty Five Euros Eleven Cent)
Contact Agent for your claim!
(GENESIS SEGUROS GENERALES, SA.)
Contact: Mr.: Antonio Fernandez
E-mail: genesisseguros_generales.sa@ozu.es



Remember, you must claim your winning not later than one week. Please note, in
order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, remember to quote your
reference number and batch number in all correspondence.



Sincerely yours,
Mrs. Monica Jose
Lottery Coordinator.
http://www.national-lottery.com/resultseuro.asp





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