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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: fdjeuxlottog@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Wed, 12 May 2010 00:02:03 -0300
Subject: wheel E-game 2010




FDJEUX LOTTO GROUP -wheel E-game 2010,

ADDRESS: NOVA-ZEMBLASTRAAT 10
10 16 RP AMSTERDAM
THE NEDERLANDS.

Date: 12th-May-2010

Ref Nr: FDJ/CN/6654/WG


Dear Consolation Prize Winner,


You have won a consolation cash prize of €1,000, 000.00 (One million
Euro) only. The FDJEUX have approved a payout of your consolation cash
prize which will be remunerated directly to you by the official Payment
Agency Board. Our DUE PROCESS UNIT (DPU) will render to you complete
assistance and provide additional information and processes for the claims
of your consultation prize. For due processing of your winning claim,

please contact the DPU: Information/ file Officer Mr. Manton Smith who has
been assigned to assist you.

Contact: Manton Smith files Officer
TEL: 0031-617-211-126 0031-617-211-126
FAX: 0031-84 717 1925
E-mail: fdjeuxlottog@yahoo.com.hk


Once again congratulations from all our staffs on your consolation prize
winning, we hope you will partake our forth coming FDJEUX GROUP-wheel
Email-games.

Regards,
Melissa Williams (Mrs.)
(Group Coordinator)

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