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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: "Mr. Roethof Van Beer" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <contactofficenl@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:49:10 +0100
Subject: End Of Year Winner 2009

STAATS AWARD INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM
Paleisstraat 5, 2514 JA Den Haag
The Netherlands.
http://www.staatsloterij.nl

DEAR WINNER,

We are pleased to inform you of the final announcement that you are one of our end of year winner of the Staats Loterij international Lottery programs. The online cyber lotto draws was conducted from an exclusive list of 21,000 e-mail addresses of individual and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search from the internet, no tickets were sold.

After this automated computer ballot, your e-mail address emerged as one of three winners in the category "A" with the following winning information below:
You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of 950.000.00 Euro (Nine Hundred and Fifty Thousand Euro)

(I) Batch numbers: NL/22/15408
(ii) Ticket number: NL/754/22/76
(iii) The file Ref number: NL/0534/30/09

To file for your claim, Contact the processing Consultant:

CONTACT PERSON: MR.RENATO TEINZE
TEL: +31-684-461-381
FAX: +31-847-139-212
EMAIL: contactofficenl@gmail.com

Do fill out the claims form to Mr. Renato Teinze in other to process the claims of your prize without delay.

PAYMENT PROCESSING FORM
(1)Full Name :
(2)Tel/Fax # :
(3)Ref, Batch and Ticket Numbers in the email received:
(4)Country origin:
(5)Amount Won:
(6)Age:
(7)Occupation:
(8)Contact Address

CONGRATULATIONS;

Sweepstakes International Program.staatsloterij.
Mrs.Joana Hans
Online coordinator.
Staats Loterij international End Of Year Promotion

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