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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: "MR. CARBALLEDA ANTONIO" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <info.unclameprize@europe.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2016 12:57:02 +0200
Subject: PRIZE NOTIFICATION.


FINAL AWARD WINNING PRIZE NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to inform you, the beneficiary whose email is on this mail, about the release of the awaited delayed result of our International promotion sweepstakes program held on the 26th September, 2016. The results were released on the 10th October, 2016. This program was designed to promote and encourage international participation in our high stake new year Spanish Sweepstakes.(INTERNATIONAL LOTTO COMMISSION) Names entered in the program were presented by ANDALUCIA VISTA S.A in with a group of philanthropist, Humanitarian organisations, and also with the help of chambers of commerce and Industries and countries high commission in Spain. Using a computer balloting selection system from all names submitted for the program, your name with ticket number 01-4038 won in the 3 category, and was awarded the sum €1,706,904.00 (ONE MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED AND SIX THOUSAND, NINE HUNDRED AND FOUR EUROS ONLY), Your security file number for your winning claim is : BPMES/2016/4038.

To begin your claims, please contact your claim agent MR FERNANDEZ ORTEGA RAMOS the Foreign Affairs manager of GENERALI SEGUROS CO. S.A. TEL: +34 604 313 271, FAX: +34 925 670 590, Email: generaliseguros@groupmail.com, for all necessary verifications before transfer can be effected.


FILL THE FORM AND FAX IT TO THE GENERALI SEGUROS COMPANY TOGETHER WITH YOUR VALID IDENTITY

NAME OF BENEFICIARY: DATE OF BIRTH: SEX: AMOUNT WON:

YOU’RE ADDRESS: REFERENCE NO: BATCH NO:

COUNTRY: CITY: POSTAL CODE: E-MAIL:

TELEPHONE: FAX NUMBER: MOBILE NUMBER:

(1) BANK TRANSFER PAYMENT OPITIONS (2) CASHIER’S CHEQUE

BANK NAME: BANK ADDRESS:

ACCOUNT NUMBER: SWIFT CODE: ROUTING NUMBER:

Winnings must be insured to the original value, to avoid any unexpected situation. The insurance bond certificate should be presented by your agent to our desk, before winning funds will be released to the official bank in Spain for onward transfer to you, after verification proves you are the true beneficiary of winnings under Security File Number: BPMES/2016/4038.

The deadline for this claim is 30/11/2016, after this date, unclaimed winnings will be returned to the Spanish MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA Y HACIENDA and late entry penalty requirements must be met before late entry claims can be considered. Also be informed that 3% of your prize money belongs to GENERALI SEGUROS S.A. The 3% will be remitted after you have received your winning prize. In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your reference and prize tracking number in every of your correspondence with your agent. All correspondence must be directed to your authorized and registered claims agent: GENERALI SEGUROS S.A.

Congratulations once again from our management and staff.


MR. CARBALLEDA ANTONIO
VICE PRESIDENT

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