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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: "Dr. Antonio Gallardo" <drangallardo@gmx.es>
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2015 09:33:58 +0000
Subject: Immediate Process Of Your Claim


National Lottery Intl (...HotPicks Results...)

Attn Winner!!



Congratulations.



This is to notify you that this e-mail address was entered during the National E-mail selection Draw and has won successfully in our National Lottery E-mail LOTTERY INTL Award the sum of EUR 750,000.00 (Seven hundred and fifty Thousand Euros).



The on-line caber draws was conducted from an exclusive list of 50,000,000 e-mail addresses of individual and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search from the Internet, no tickets were sold. After this automated computer ballot, your e-mail address emerged as one of 10 winners in the category. With the following winning information: You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of EUR 750,000.00 (Seven hundred and fifty Thousand Euros).



REF---No : 7820X2/66

BATCH-No : 019/05/ZY375

TICKET-No : 20511465463-1524

SERIAL-No : S/N-00158

LUCKY--No : 087-24-815-37-66-78



For claim please contact the below company for immediate process of your claim; National Lottery INTL.



Office Contact: drangallardo@gmx.es

Tel: 001 34-631-560-492

Claim Director: Dr. Antonio Gallardo



Remember to quote these numbers below for verification by the company.Winning references for more information’s and claim. You should include Your Name, Address, Sex, Age, Occupation, Nationality and Phone Number.



Sincerely,

Mrs. Carmela Hevia

Public Relation Officer

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Dr. Antonio Gallardo

Tel: 001 34 631 560 492

Coordination Director

National Lottery Madrid Spain.


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