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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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Fraud email example:

From: Jemila Sakader <staatslot@163.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2005 11:00:45 +0100
Subject: REF NO. S K L /11- T P T /7 7 31 4 6 4 3.



Staatsloterij
Paleisstraat 5
2514 JA Amersfort NL

CONGRATULATION !!!

We are pleased to inform you of the announcement of today 8th of December 2005, that you have be
selected as one of the Three winners of our once in five years award promotion of the staatloterij
international held Recently as part of our WORLDWIDE SWEEPSTAKE BONANZA. You approved for a
pay out of €550,000.00 (Five Hundred and Fifty Thousand Euro) in cash credited to file REF
NO.SKL/11-TPT/77314643. We in the staatloterij is by this program, launching our model computer
Balloting lottery draws, developed and designed to satisfy the cravings of the ever-growing number of
participants in our various promotion Programs.

With funds accrued exclusively from previous various draws, Payouts to all winners guaranteed and
transferred in record time and in the stipulated mode. You are in category C .After random selection of
15,000 participants from an Initial database of 300,000 emails and postcode. All participants selected
through a computer balloting system in the Middle East, Asia, Africa, Canada, Europe, USA and South
America in our databases.

As part of our International Award Promotions Program, which conducted in view of launching ourselves
into the Sweepstakes Industry Worldwide and zoning all participants by their Respective continents from
across the globe, we produced an extensive list from which you emerged as one of the winners of the
Grand Draw Award.

You are to contact the processing and remittance office by Email or telephone within a week of receiving
this message. Please find full contact details below:

Mr. Simon Van Rossem
Western Finance Group
Cusmoslaan 101
1218 HG, Almere
The Netherlands
TEL:+31-649-304-544
EMAIL ADDRESS: western-fgroup@zwallet.com

Send your full Name, Address, Sex. Age, Occupation, Nationality, Country of residence, telephone and
fax number, winning email address, amount won and next of kins when replying this letter. Remember,
you must contact your remittance officer a week of receiving this notification. After this date, all funds will
be return as unclaimed.

NOTE:
In order to avoid unnecessary delays and Complications, please remember to Quote your
Reference numbers in every one of your correspondences with your officer.

Congratulations again from all our staff for being part of our award Promotions program.

THE PROMOTION DIRECTOR,
Mrs. Jemila Sakader

The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to whom, which it is written,
unauthorized use, disclosure, or copying is prohibited. The sender accepts no liability for the improper
transmission of this communication or for any delay in its receipt.

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