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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: "www.staatsloterij.nl" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <staatsloterij.dept2@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2009 19:46:23 +0200
Subject: De Nederland's Staatsloterij.

De Nederlandse Staatsloterij
Paleisstraat 5
2514 JA Den Haag
 
 
 
 
CONGRATULATIONS!!!.....YOU HAVE WON 750.000.00 Euros
 
 
 
You have been awarded 750.000.00 Euros in the STAATSLOTERIJ Satellite Software email lottery in which e-mail addresses are picked randomly by Software powered by the Internet through the worldwide website.
 
 
Your email address was amongst those chosen this year for the STAATSLOTERIJ Satellite lottery. And this promotion is proudly sponsored by the STAATSLOTERIJ NETHERLANDS organization.
 
 
You can log on to our website for more information concerning our Entire lotto promo https://www.staatsloterij.nl
 
 
Your email address, attached to Ref Number: PW 9590 ES 9414 with Serial number 573881545-NL/2009 drew the lucky Numbers 56, and consequently won the lottery in the "A" Category. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of 750.000.00 Euros.
 
 
Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European Booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon. In View of this, your 750.000.00 Euros will be released to you by our accredited claims agent located in Europe. Our European agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your winning funds as soon as you contact them. All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site through computer draw System and extracted from over 800,000,000 companies and individual email addresses.
 
 
This promotion takes place annually. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning details confidential till your claims is processed and your winning prize remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements.
To file for your claim, please contact our/your claims agent:
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John .O. Huffman
Tel: +31-643-688-451
Email: staatsloterij@list.ru
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Provide our/your claims agent with the information as stated below:
1. Name:
2. Address:
3. Age:
4. Sex:
5. Marital Status:
6. Occupation:
7. Country of Residence:
8. Nationality:
9. Telephone Number:
10. Fax Number:
11. Draw Number above:
 
These details facilitate the due process and the release of winnings to avoid unnecessary delays and complications in the processing of your winnings. Always remember to quote your Reference/serial number in any correspondences with us or our/your designated claims agent.
 
Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our promotions program. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to disqualification.
 
Sincerely,
 
Miss. Annie Van Kijk
 
 
De Nederlandse Staatsloterij
Paleisstraat 5
2514 JA Den Haag
 
 
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