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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: "LOTTO.NL" <lotto.nl11ctedpgn@gawab.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 19:56:50 +0200
Subject: TICKET NUMBER: 46939894427

TICKET NUMBER: 46939894427
LOTTO NL. INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE
AWARD DEPARTMENT
RESULTS FOR CATEGORY "A" DRAWS
Sir/Madam,
Congratulations to you as we bring to your notice, the
results of the Second Category draws of THE LOTT NL.PROMO INT. We are
happy to inform you that you have emerged as a winner under the First
Category, which is part of our promotional draws. The results of the
draws hve been officially announced .Participants were selected through
a computer ballot system drawn from 2,500,000 email addresses of
individuals and companies from Africa, America, Asia,Australia, Europe,
Middle East, and Oceania as part of our International Promotions
Program.

Your e-mail address, attached to ticket number 46939,with
serial number 472-9768 and lucky number W-91237-H?67/B4 consequently
won in the First Category. You have therefore been awarded a lump
sumpay out of 1,000,000 (One Million Euros), which is the winning
payout for Category A winners.This is from a total cash prize of ?
10,000,000.00 (Ten Million Euros) shared amongst the first Ten (10)
lucky winners in this category.

In your best interest to avoid mix up of numbers and names of any kind, we request that you keep the entire details of your award strictly from public notice until the process of transferring your claims has been completed, and your funds remitted to
your account.This is part of our security protocol to avoid double
claiming or unscrupulous acts by Participants/nonparticipants of this
program. Please contact our paying bank immediately for due processing
and remittance of your prize money to a designated account of your
choice:

NOTE: For easy reference and identification, find below your
Reference and Batch numbers. Remember to quote these numbers in your
correspondence with your paying bank.Also give them the following
informations
Name
Telephone numbers and fax
Age
Address
Occupation
REF
Number: NM/BC921245/KY14
BATCH No: NM/207161/WOP.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Your fund is now deposited with the paying Bank. To begin your claims,
kindly contact the paying bank with the below information:

***********************************************
Contact person:Mr Patrick Rowley
International Remittance Officer
laagste bank Amsterdarm,
Netherlands
E-mail: laagstebnk2@aim.com
Tel:0031 633 701 450
Fax: 00 31 847 570 900
***********************************************
NOTE: All claims are
nullified after 10 working days from today if unclaimed
Congratulations
once again from all our staffs, and thank you for being part of our
promotions
program.

Yours Sincerely,
Mrs.Frenz Angela
online co-ordinator

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