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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: dayzer nl <dayzernlott02@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 13:49:49 +0200
Subject: CONFIRMATION FOR YOUR EMAIL WINNING NUMBER DAYZ/REF4121100.


CONFIRMATION FOR YOUR EMAIL WINNING NUMBER DAYZ/REF4121100.
Dear Winner: We wish to inform you of the Yearly sweepstakes program that your Email
Address has won an Award sum of (US$ 1,500,000.00) One Million Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars only from DAYZERS LOTTO. NL sponsored by the MICROSOFT EXPLORATION to encourage internet users. Please contact claims department with the information below for your Claim:*****************************************************Dr. Nicolaas MelzenTel: +31-6208 96689 Fax: +31 84 718 6055Email: dayzersnl07@aim.com ******************************************************You are also advice to provide him with the following information: Names: Telephone/Fax number: Nationality: Age:
WINNING INFORMATION'S:Ref Number: DAYZ/REF4121100, Ticket Number:DAYZ2315620015478, serial Number DAYZ45GM457825, Lucky Numbers: 57-23-56-10-02-57, Batch Number: DAYZ/2986542754/TM, Lottery Date:11/05/07.The email lottery draws was conducted from an exclusive list of 980,000.000 e-mail addresses of individual, companies, and corporate bodies, Picked by an advanced automated random computer search ballot system from The Internet. Once again congratulations! Yours Sincerely,Mrs. Dumald van Hook (Lottery Coordinator)DAYZERS NL. Paleisstraat 5, 2514 JA Amsterdam Netherlands.Official Website: www.dayzers.nl
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