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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)
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
1. They don't notify winners by email.
2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
7. 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.
- +34603146261 (Spain, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: eurojackpot4@site.kz
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2011 07:54:03 +0600 (ALMT)
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS

FROM:THEESK OF THE VICE PRESIDENT
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPT
Avenida Francesc Cambo 21
Barcelona, 08003 Catalunya, Spain
Ref: Em575061725
Batch: 8056490902
Winning no: KB8701
WINNING NOTIFICATION

Dear Sir/Madam

CONGRATULATIONS!

We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on the 2011 from the
LOTERIA LA PRIMITIVA SWEEPSTAKE INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM which is fully
based on an electronic selection of winners using their e-mail addresses.

Your name was attached to ticket number; 4706172507056490902 serial
number7050490902/189. This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows
4-13-33-37-42bonus number 17,which consequently won the lottery in the
second category.
You here by have been approved a lump sum pay of( â‚¬850,000.00eur (EIGHT
HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND EUROS) in cash credit file ref: ILP/HW 47509/02
from the total cash prize shared amongst eight lucky winners in this
category.

All participant were selected through a computer balloting system drawn
from Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses from Canada, Australia, United
States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our
international promotions program which is conducted annually.
This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomorate of some
multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the
citizens in the commmunities where they have operational base.

Further more your detail e-mail address falls within our European
representative office in Spain, as indicated in your play coupon and your
prize of â‚¬850,000.00 will be released to you from this regional branch
office in Spain. We hope with part of your prize, you will participate in
our end of year high stakes for â‚¬1.3 Billion international draw.

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE

Simply contact our financial agent,luis garcia OF LIBERTY SEGUROS
S.A,E-mail: eurojackpot@site.kz or Tel: 0034 603 146 261
To file for your claim . Please quote your Date of draw,Reference Number,
Batch Number and Winning Number, which can be found on the top-left corner
of this message. Also, you should give in your telephone number to help
locate your file easily. For security reasons, we advice all winners to
keep this information confidential from the public until your claim is
processed and your prize has been released to you. This is part of our
security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted taking
advantage of this programme by non-participant or unofficial personnel.

LOTTERY WINNERS APPLICATION FORM OF PAYMENT.
FULLNAME..............................
DATE OF BIRTH............................
ADDRESS...................................
SEX.....................................
AGE........................................
NATIONALITY...............................
OCCUPATION..................................
TELEPHONE.................................
FAX...........................................
EMAIL.........................................
DATE.........................................
WINNER REF/BATCH
NO.....................................................APPROVED FOR
PAYMENT.

NOTE: All winnings MUST be claimed by 28TH OF APRIL 2011 ;otherwise all
funds will be returned as
Unclaimed and eventually donated to charity.
Congratulations once again on your winning!

Simply contact our financial agent. Luis Garcia
Email:eurojackpot@site.kz
Phone:+34-603 146 261
ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF WINNERS WILL RESULT TO
DISQUALIFICATION
Sincerely,
Mrs.Maria Gomez

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