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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: "ONLINE LOTTERY PROMO" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <nl_vanhoffman1@aol.nl>
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 01:11:30 +0100
Subject: Internet User,

Dear Internet User,

This Email is to inform you that you emerged a winner of the sum of $2,500,000.00USD with the following numbers attached Ref Number: PW 9590 ES 9414,Batch Number: 573881545-NL/2008 and Ticket Number: PP3502 /8707-01 on our online draws which was played on the year 2009.

For further Information about your Winnings,contact your Lottery Claims Officer with the following contact Address Below.
,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Mr.VAN HOFFMAN
Tel:0031-684-455-145
Fax:0031-847-375-060
EMAIL:nl_vanhoffman1@aol.nl
,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

You will provide him with the following information:

You are advised to call the Claims agent for confirmation or provide the following information for processing the payment of your cash award.


DATA PROFILE
Names:
Telephone/Fax number:
Nationality:
Age:
Occupation:
Winning Reference Number:

Congratulations! Thank you for being a user of the World Wide Web.

Yours Faithfully,
KATHY VERO
http://www.lotto.nl/
Lottery Coordinator.

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