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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: "Mrs. Silvia Santos" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <infodperez@aol.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2014 09:55:08 -0800
Subject: LA PRIMITIVA AWARD NOTIFICATION

CONGRATULATIONS!!
LOTERIAS Y APUESTAS DEL ESTADO
Piso 36, calle Carlos Ortega
28002, Madrid-Spain
LA PRIMITIVA AWARD NOTIFICATION
 
We are pleased to inform you of the release of the LA PRIMITIVA LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL E-MAIL PROMOTIONS PROGRAMME held on the 6th of Dec 2013.Your email address was entered with Reference Number: AKG/417331247/14 and Batch Number:72/50685/EU.
 
All email addresses entered in the program were presented by our international marketing department in conjunction with world residential white pages, humanitarian organizations, and the help of Embassies and chambers of commerce of countries in Europe, Australia, North and South America, The Pacific, Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Your reference attached to ticket number: 0016-359142-07, with serial number: 52201-61 drew the lucky winning numbers: 2-6-12-24-25-33. This subsequently won in the Third category.
 
You have been approved for a winning payment of Euros €935,470.00 (Nine Hundred And Thirty Five Thousand, Four Hundred and Seventy Euros Only) in cash credited to file REF.NO: AKG/417331247/14.This from a total cash prize of €15,902,990.00 (Fiffteen Million, Nine Hundred and Two Thousand Nine Hundred And Ninety Euros) shared among the seventeen international winners in this category. CONGRATULATIONS!!
 
We ask that you keep this award away from public notice until your claim has been processed and your fund remitted to you. As this is part of our security measures to avoid double claiming or unwarranted taking advantage of the situation by other participants.
 
 
To begin your claim, please contact Mr David Perez, of GRUPOLIBERTY SEGUROS S.A. on Tel: +34 672 931 976,Fax: +34 917-692-635 EMAIL: infodperez@aol.com for the processing and remittance of your fund,fill the below form
 
 
1,WINNING REFERENCE NUMBER:........................................
2,BATCH NUMBER:...................................................
3,NAME:...............................................................................
4,ADDRESS:.........................................................................
5,PHONE AND MOBILE: ...................................................
6,FAX:...................................................................................
7,AGE:...................................................................................
8,SEX:...................................................................................
9,OCCUPATION:................................................................
10,COUNTRY:.....................................................................
 
NOTE: All prize money must be claimed not later than 28th/3/2014 after this date, the fund will be returned to the MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA Y HACIENDA as unclaimed.
We congratulate you and thank you for being a part of our international promotional program.
 
Sincerely,
Mrs. Silvia Santos
Vice President

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