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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 Online Free Lotto"<www.regionalverificationdepartment@live.cn.com>
Reply-To: <verificationdepartment@live.cn.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2009 00:45:05 -0700
Subject: Your Email Address Has Won The Euro Million Online Free Lotto

 
EURO MILLION PROMOTIONS
BZ/EU004 ONLINE DRAW
OUR REF:#47EUL65
REF CODE : 87663EMP
 
AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just
concluded annual
final draws held on 28th of September  , 2009 by Euro Million
Promotion, your
email was among the 3 Lucky winners who won 1,000.000.00
Euro (One
Million Euro) each on the EURO MILLION PROMOTION.
 
However the results were released on 30th of September, 2009)
and your email
attached to Ticket number (LPEUM2009) and Reference number
(RF:19005/2009) won
in the second category. The online draws was conducted by
a random selection of email addresses from an exclusive
list of 109,031
E-mail addresses of individuals and corporate bodies picked
by an advanced
automated random computer search from the internet.
However, no tickets
were sold but all email addresses were assigned to
different ticket
numbers for representation and privacy.
The selection process was carried out through random
selection in our
computerized email selection machine (TOPAZ) from a
database of over
250,000 email addresses drawn from all the continents of
the world.
 
This Lottery is approved by the Europe Gaming Board and
also licensed by
The International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR).
This lottery is
the 3rd of its kind and we intend to sensitize the public.
In other to claim your 1,000.000.00 Euro prize winning,
you will have to
fill your information below and send it to the claim
manager of THE EURO
MILLION PROMOTION for verification and then you will be
directed on how to
claim your 1,000.000.00euro which has already been cleared
in your favor.
FIRST NAME:
LAST NAME:
AGE:
SEX.:
ADDRESS:
EMAIL:
PHONE:
OCCUPATION:
COMPANY:
COUNTRY:
AMOUNT WON:
 
Please you are advised to complete the information above
and send it
immediately to our claim manager through email for prompt
collection of
your fund. Contact the Claim Manager immediately via:
 
Name: Mr. James Rico
E-mail:verificationdepartment@live.cn.com 
website: http://www.euromillions.eu
 
You are to keep all lotto information away from the general
public
especially your ticket number and ballot number. (This is
important, as a
case of double claims will not be entertained). Staffs of
Euro Million
Promotions are not to partake in this Lottery.
Accept my hearty congratulations once again!
Yours faithfully,
Sarah Gunkel
Promotion Manager

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