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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: "GLOBAL INT´L SWEEPSTAKE ESPAÑA, S.A" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <diegocarlos0205@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2018 11:37:39 -0700
Subject: RE:FINAL AWARD NOTIFICATIONS

FROM: THE DESK OF THE VICE PRESIDENT                                                                                   INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD
AVENIDA  JUAN LOPEZ C-15541                                                     
28006 MADRID SPAIN.
TEL: 0034 631 7713 36
ATT: REF.NO.GTT/76841284616ESP, BATCH.NO.130505ES 
                                                                                                                                                                 &n bsp;   &nb
                          FINAL AWARD NOTIFICATION
This is to inform you of the release of the GLOBAL INT?L SWEEPSTAKE ESPA?A, S.A. program held on the 10th July, 2018. The results were released on the 20th July, 2018. Your name attached to ticket number 214-1741-501 with serial
You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay-out of ?2,000,000.00 (TWO MILLION EUROS ONLY) in cash credited to file with REF.NO.GTT/O76841284616ESP, BATCH.NO.130505ES This is from a total cash prize of ?50,000,000.00 (FIFTY MILLION EUROS ONLY) Shared among the international winners in their respective categories. CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Congratulations once again from all our members of staff and thank you for being a part of our International promotions program.
Sincerely,
Don Diego Carlos.

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