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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: "Euro Millions Lottery" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <inforealeseguros@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2023 00:41:18 -0700
Subject: Dear Winner

EUROMILLIONS INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY
PARIS-FRANCE
Ref Number: CMCE/963/581-20/EU
Batch Number: LTO/2023-004 /PT

OFFICIAL
Dear Winner,

We are happy to inform you about the result of the just concluded monthly draws of the Euro Millions Lottery International Edition Jackpot in conjunction with the PCH, MEGA LOTTO and The International Lottery Commission that your email was among the 20 Lucky winners that won $ 995.850 (Nine Hundred and Ninety Five Thousand, Eight Hundred and Fifty Dollars) each in this year's Online Raffle Draw.

Following the results, your email address was attached to Ticket Number (343-221-8756), Ballot Serial Number (454-17) and Lucky Star Number (03) (06). Your have been assigned a Claim Agent located in Madrid-Spain and for security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning details private until your claim is processed and your prize money successfully transferred to you.

This online draw is the first of its kind and you won through a random selection of e-mail addresses from an exclusive list of 290,600 e-mail addresses of individuals and corporations selected by an automated computer search from the Internet and supported by Apple Inc, Amazon, Microsoft, Walmart, META and so many other multi national corporations. However, no tickets were sold in this category as all e-mail addresses were allocated to different ballot serial numbers.

To claim your prize money, kindly fill the form below and forward it to your International Fiduciary Agent/Claim Manager for final verification and immediate payment of your winnings.

NOTE: Please keep your winning details private until the claim process is complete to avoid winning claim complications.

Your full name:.....................................
Age:........................................
Gender:........................................
Address:(Resident Address Only)...............................
State, Postal Code and Country:...............................
Email:.....................................
Contact Telephone, Mobile and Fax Number:...................................
Occupation:.........................
Amount Won........................



REALE SECURITY AND FINANCE CORP
Contact Person: Mr.Rodrigo Tikki
Contact E-mail address: inforealeseguros@europe.com

CONGRATULATIONS!!

Yours faithfully,

Jessica Gilbato

SECRETARY, ONLINE LOTTERY DEPARTMENT
International Lottery Commission

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