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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 MILLIONES" (may be fake)
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:38:35 +0100
Subject: RE: CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR LOTTO WINNER AWARD!!!

FROM:INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION / PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
EURO MILLION LOTTERY BOARD.
C / GUZMAN EL BUENO 137, 2890 MADRID - SPAIN.
DATE: : 12/03/2010 draw
 
WINNER REF. NUMBER: EML/ES/8888986523/10
WINNER BATCH NUMBER: ES/ 34/044/EML
 
Dear Winner,
 
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the International Euro million
lottery E-mail award program held on the Draw date: March 12/03/2010 draw  Your E-mail address attached to ticket number 6604-005 with lucky main  number 01, 26, 33, 36, 46 ( drew lucky star numbers 06-07, ) which consequently
won in the (1ST) category, with Millionaire Raffle: CKJ342229 you have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of E1,200,000.00 (One Million Two Hundred thousand Euros only)
 
!!!CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Due to mix up of some numbers and names/programme abuse, we ask that you keep your winning information confidential until your claims have been processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid  double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants.
 
All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from over 100,000 company and 50,000,000 individual email addresses and names from all over the world.

We hope with part of your winning you will take part in our end of year 50
millions Euro International lottery. This is an Irish woman who won in the first category http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/4730113.stm>
 
To file for your claim, please contact our fiducially/Claim agent:
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Company Name : GARADAT FINANCE S.A
Address : Madrid - Spain
Personal E-mail: gadaratstrust@rediffmail.com
Contact Person :Mr.Mark Anderson ( Insurance Officer)
 
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Remember, all winning must be claimed not later than 22th - 04 - 2010. After this date all unclaimed funds will be included in the next stake or send back to the Government Treasury.
Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please remember to quote your reference number and batch numbers in allcorrespondence.
Furthermore, should there be any change of address do inform our agent as soon as possible. Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for being part of our promotional program.
 
Yours in Service,
Sr. Carlos Hernandez (Lottery Co-ordinator)
For: Euro Million Lottery Program.

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