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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 MILLION CO-ORDINATOR"<freemail@ranstaad.org>
Reply-To: <libatypromo@luckymail.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2009 23:01:03 +0200
Subject: SPECIAL NOTIFICATION 2009

EURO MILLION INTERNATIONAL DRAWS 2009.

Attn User!!!!

This is to notify you that your E-mail address was entered through an electronic database balloti system during the Spanish International Euro Million Selection Progamme, and has won the sum of € 450,550 euros in the 2009 Annual Prospect.

For claim please contact the below Insurance company for immediate process of your claim; Remember to quote these Winning numbers below for verification by the company. Ref: PP-21180-ES , Batch: PP-245-44 and Ticket number: 03-09-02-22 you should include Your Name, Address, Sex, Age, Occupation, Nationality, Phone Number


Company: LIBERTY SEGUROS S.A
Email: libertyseguros@comerciales.es or libatypromo@luckymail.com
Mr. Domingo Cortes (Claim Director)
Tel: +34-693-520-981
Fax: +34-911-820-312

Note: Only the true owner of this E-mail Address should process their claims.

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