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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: "Dayzers Lotto" <dayzers_lotto11@msn.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 12:05:55 +0000
Subject: LOTTERY PRIZE AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION

LOTTERY PRIZE AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION
FROM THE DESK OF THE DIRECTOR
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD DEPT.
REF NO: Ref.No LDL/2311786008/01
BATCH: 14/011/IPD

Dear Sir/Madam,

We are pleased to inform you of the result of our computer random selection
for the LUCKYDAY/DAYZERS LOTTERY International program held on 11th
January, 2006 as Part of our new of Year bonanza. Your email address,
attached to ticket number 205-11465886-629, with serial number 3772-99 drew
the lucky numbers 7-14-17-23-31-44, and consequently won the lotto in the
"B" category.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of One Million
Euros(1,000,000.00 Euros) in cash credited to file REF NO: Ref.No
LDL/2311786008/01. This is from total prize money of 8,000,000.00 Euros
shared among two categories. All participants email addresses were
extracted/selected through a computer balloting system drawn from
10,500,000.00 email addresses from Middle East, Asia, Africa, Canada, Europe
and North America and Oceania as part of our International Promotions
Program, which is conducted annually?

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Your funds have now been deposited and insured with our affiliate security
firm for transfer into your nominated bank account either by means of wire
transfers through any of our correspondent banks or any other means suitable
to you. We also advice that you keep your winning information very
confidential as our security policy demands to avoid double
claims/impersonation and unwarranted abuse of this program by some
individuals or people you may tell.

To begin your claims, you are urgently requested to contact our claims agent
(Zennitt Security and Finance) Amsterdam-Netherlands immediately with your
telephone number and fax numbers, and make sure you quote your, REF NO:
LDL/2311786008/01, your name and contact details in all your
correspondence with the finance institute.

Your allocated claims agent details are as follows.Company Name:Zennitt
Securities and FinanceOfficer in Charge: Mr. Daniel Peterson
TEL:+31-612-065-548 ,FAX:+31-847-537-288
EMAIL: zennittsecuriti@excite.com or
info_zennittsecurities@fsmail.net

Remember, all winnings must be claim within Five Weeks, After this date all
unclaimed funds will be return to the promotion company. Please note in
order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, remember to always
quote your reference and batch numbers as well as your contact
details in all your correspondence with our paying agency and the legal
representative.

Furthermore, should there be any change of address or information’s about
you, do inform our paying agent and the legal representative as soon as
possible to avoid disqualification of winning.

NOTE: If you are under the age of 18, you are automatically disqualifiedfor
this star prize.

Congratulations once again from all the members of our staff and thank you
for being part of our promotion program and please contact your claim agent
as soon as possible.

Yours sincerely,

MRS.ELIZA VAN ELK
(LOTTERY CO-ORDINATOR).
LUCKY DAY/DAYZERS INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY
LAAN VAN HOORNWIJCK 55, 2289 DG RIJSWIJK
AMSTERDAM- THE NETHERLANDS
TEL/FAX: +31-847-184-113
http://www.luckyday.nl


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