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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: "Sarah Graham" (may be fake)
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 18:32:28 -0700
Subject: Your Prize Release

You Have Won: 550,000 EUROS

Dear Sir/Madam,

We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on 18th August 2009 from the DAYZERS E-mail Lottery programme.
This is fully based on an electronic selection of winners using their e-mail addresses,your email was attached to ticket number
56475600545 188,serial number 5368/02.

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE,
Your winning details falls within our EUROPEAN booklet representative office as indicated in the draw system and we have forwarded
your winning details to our EUROPEAN processing agent for the processing of your documents.

Simply contact our fiduciary agent,DAYZERS E-mail Lottery Fiduciary Agent:

Mr. VAN DER VELDER
Email:claimsdirector@aol.nl
Tel : 0031-659-090-896
FAX: 0031 847-432-000

1.Name: 2.Address: 3.Marital Status: 4:Occupation:5.Age: 6. Sex:7.Nationality: 8: Telephone

Fill in the details above to your claims agent for verification.

Yours Sincerely,
Mrs. Sarah Graham (co-coordinator)

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