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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: "ONLINE CHRISTMAS LOTTERY /INTERNATIONAL AWARD" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <MAXINTERNATIONAL@POST.COM>
Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 13:40:33 -0800
Subject: CHRISTMAS AWARD CLAIM NOTIFICATION 2014

ONLINE CHRISTMAS LOTTERY EL-GORDO/PRIMITIVA INTERNATIONAL AWARD 2014 GOLDEN CHANCE
 
ADDRRESS: AVDA. JUAN RAEL 25  C/POSTAL 28002, MADRID SPAIN
FROM THE DESK OF THE MANAGING DIRECTOR
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/AWARD DEPT.
 
 
REFERENCE N°:PDP77755514
BATCH N°:LNAV0809SU
ATTENTION: LUCKY N°:07637
                                                                         
                             30/12/2014
 
         RE: AWARD CLAIM NOTIFICATION, FINAL NOTICE.
We are pleased to inform you on the release of ONLINE CHRISTMAS LOTTERY
EL-GORDO/PRIMITIVA SWEEP-STAKE LOTTERY/INTERNATIONAL AWARD PROGRAMME
"EUROMILLONES/EL-GORDO" held in Madrid Spain on the 22nd of Oct. 2014. 
Due to mix up of Names,E-mails and numbers, the result was released on
the 22nd of Dec 2014. Your name attached to ticket number
054-54968487-197 with serial number 01-4231drew the lucky numbers of
07637 (WINNING NUMBER) which consequently won the lottery in the 3RD 
category. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum payout of 
€803,520.00 Euros(EIGHT HUNDRED AND THREE FIVE HUNDRED AND TWENTY EUROS)
$976,839.00 USD equivalent, in cash credited to file with REFERENCE
N°:PDP77755514 BATCH N°:LNAV0809SU Congratulations.
This is from a total cash prize of €16,070,400.00,Euros (SIXTEEN MILLION
SEVENTY THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED EUROS ), Shared among 20
international winners in this category to be paid through one of the
following payment options. (A) ENDORSED CHEQUE:  (B) BANK TRANSFER:
Your winning fund is now deposited in bank with a security company
insured in your name for security reasons and will be released for
payment by the order of the LOTTERY BOARD after datas clarification and
verification. Government tax cannot be deducted. Due to mix up
Names,E-mails and numbers, you are hereby adviced to keep this award
very confidential and away from public notice until your claim has been
processed and your cash remitted to your nominated account of your
choice, as this is a part of our security protocol to avoid double
claiming or unwarranted taking advantage of this programme by
participants.
The total of 56940 tickets was bought by ANDALUCIA VISTA form
Philanthropist, Companies, Airlines, Insurance Companies, Hospitals, and
Humanitarian Organisations all over the world for citizens of North
America & Caribbean, South & Central America, Europe, Asia, Middle East,
Africa and Australia & Pacific.
 
All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Website through
their email addresses with a computer drawn system which their email was
extracted from over 100,000 companies’ website in the world. All
participants were selected through their email addresses and a computer
ballot system was drawn from 25 million email addresses from Australia,
New Zealand, America, Europe,North America, Africa and Asia as part of
International Promotions Program which we conduct once every year.
We hope with a part of your prize money, you will take part in our end
of year high stake 1.6 billion international lottery.
To begin your lottery processing and claims, please contact your claims
agent DR.PEDRO GONZALEZ, the Foreign Operations Manager of 
MAXINTERNATIONAL & FINANCIAL COMPANY S.A., TEL: +34672-888-606,FAX:
+34917-692-661,E-MAIL: MAXINTERNATIONAL@POST.COM
For the processing and remittance of your winning prize to a designation
of your choice. Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later than
20th  Jan 2015. After this date, the fund will be returned to the
MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA Y HACIENDA as unclaimed. And also be informed
that 10% of your lottery winning belongs to MAXINTERNATIONAL SEGUROS &
FINANCIAL COMPANY S.A., because they entered your name for this draw and
they are your claims agent. This 10% will be remitted after you have
received your winning fund in your country, because the money is insured
in your name already. NOTE: Enclosed inside this letter is a payment
processing form which you should fill and send to IDENTIFICATION AND
VERIFICATION DEPT. MAXINTERNATIONAL SEGUROS & FINANCIAL COMPANY S.A. By
FAX: +34 917-692-661,
YOU CAN CONFIRM YOURE WINNING AMOUNT IN OUR WEB SITES THUS:
http://www.laloterianavidad.com/comprobar-loteria-navidad/.
In the middle of the page you will see the table
written COMPROBAR insert your CLAIM TRACK N° (07637) in the space
Cuánto juega, and put (320) in the space Importe then click on COMPROBAR.
If it does not appear please contact your claims agent for more information
and claiming procedure.
 
Attached is the copy of the LOTTERY DRAW TICKET bought by ANDALUCIA
VISTA SPAIN. Original copy of your lottery ticket and coupon remain with
your agent for the payment processing .In order to avoid unnecessary
delay and complications, please remember to quote your Reference, Batch
and Track numbers in every correspondence with us or your agent.
Furthermore, should there be any change of your address, do inform your
claims agent as soon as possible.
Original copy of your prize Winning Certificate and Winning ticket will
be sent to you after you have claimed your winning.
Congratulations from all members of our staff and thank you for being a
part of our International promotions Programmer. Your agent will direct
you further on the administrative requirement to enable the bank to
release your fund to the designated choice of yours.
 
YOURS SINCERELY,
MIGUEL SANTOS
VICE PRESIDENT
 
        MAXINTERNATIONAL SEGUROS & FINANCIAL COMPANY S.A
             CALLE SAN MANUEL, 10 28045, MADRIDSPAIN
TEL: +34-672-888-606, FAX: +34-917-692-661,
     E-MAIL: MAXINTERNATIONAL@POST.COM
 
PLEASE FILL THE FORM AND FAX IT OR EMAIL TO THE MAXINTERNATIONAL SEGUROS
& FINANCIAL COMPANY TOGETHER WITH COPY OF YOUR IDENTITY
 
NAME OF BENEFICIARY:--------------------------------------------
DATE OF BIRTH:-------------SEX:--------------AMOUNTWON:---------
ADDRESS:----------------COUNTRY:------------OCCUPATION:---------
REFERENCE N°: -----------BATCH N°:------------TICKET N°:--------
COUNTRY:---------------CITY:--------------POSTAL CODE:----------
TELEPHONE:------------FAX:-------MOBILE:--------EMAIL:----------
 
                                  PAYMENT  OPTIONS
 
   (1) BANK TRANSFER           (2) CERTIFIED CHEQUE
BANK NAME:---------------------------------
BANK ACCOUNT NUMBER:-----------------------
ROUTING NUMBER:/SWIFT CODE:----------------
BANK ADDRESS:------------------------------
BANK PHONE:-------------BANK FAX:----------
 
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