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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:
- The following fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
- "liberty seguros" (no such agent exists)
- This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
- They don't notify winners by email.
- You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
- They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
- They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
- They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
- They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
- They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
- This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
Fraud email example:
From: john laverty <noknojon@yahoo.com.au>
Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2011 12:50:57 -0800 (PST)
Subject: It seems like I am getting several of these each week
Someone has sent/sold my email to all the scammers
EURO MILLIONES LOTTERY BOARD.
Sunday, 6 February, 2011 10:58 PM
From:
"Mrs. Angela De La Costa" <euromillionesboard@ymail.com>Add sender to Contacts
To:
undisclosed-recipients
EURO MILLIONES LOTTERY BOARD.
REF. NUMBER: TCC/0204/ESP/920
BATCH NUMBER: 2010/BTH/30020
Dear Client,
This is to notify you that your email address shown above has won the EURO MILLIONES LOTTERY
Online Computer ballot draw that was hosted in Madrid Spain. You have been awarded the prize
of Ђ815,000 (EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN THOUSAND EUROS) with the Winning information listed above.
If you are the accredited owner of this email address, please contact the appointed agent
company (LIBERTS SEGUROS S.A) with the below requirements including the winning datas above.
1. Fullnames
2. Telephone number
3. Mobile number
4. Fax number
5. Country
LIBERTY SEGUROS COMPANY S.A
MR. MACK PINTO (claim officer)
TEL: +34 6729 14106.
FAX: +34Â 917 903 966.
Email: libertyseguroadministrat@luckymail.com .
All information will be strictly verified by your agent before payment will be carried out. You are
hereby obligated abide to instruction from your agent to avoid processing errors.
Congratulations once again from our board of Directors.
Mrs. Angela De La Costa
EURO MILLIONES BOARD.
Address: Avda Contruction 142, 28100 Madrid Spain.17th
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