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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: "EUROPEANS Lottery Inc" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <infogotoyotaautomobile@europe.com>
Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2014 11:30:22 -0700
Subject: YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS HAS WON

EUROPEANS Lottery Inc.
Europe/JP-Gunther, Muog Nong Soil 60.
D-96052 Berlin Germany.
Reference Number: AML/JP/Millionenformel/2014/8702
Batch: AML/90/4210

Congratulations!!

We are happy to announce to you the result of electronic email Address balloting system of Europe International lottery draw held on 29th June, 2014 in Berlin Germany. All email addresses were selected through a computer ballot system in which your email address was selected as one of the lucky winners. Please be advised to keep your winning information confidential until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this programmed by
fraudulent scammers.

We wish to inform you that your email addresses have won $500,000.00USD from the Europe International Lottery Programmed with Ref: AMLAFA/475061725. You are therefore advised to contact our payment Office in our Europe regional Branch, Benidorm Spain where you're winning balloting numbers fall for payment.

Dr Lucas Edward
Contact Email: infogotoyotaautomobile@europe.com
Address: Pantip Towers, Soi 79 Sathorn Berlin 10591 Berlin Germany.

Congratulations from the staff and thank you for being part of our email account user programmed.

Yours Sincerely,
Mr. Franklyn Van Der Weijden
Promotions Manager/Prize Announcer

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