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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 Sweepstakes Promotions NL." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <da_lewis@live.nl>
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2010 01:23:30 +0200
Subject: IMPORTANT NOTICE: Your Reward Selection

RE: NOTIFICATION OF EMAIL AWARD

We are pleased to inform you of your email selection in the Electronic Promotion Draws. By random selection your email earned the grand reward from the electronic draws program.

This is a reward program for the patronage of internet services and all email addresses entered for this promotional draws were randomly selectedfrom an internet resource database of registered software and domain users.

Reference Number: HMA-1313
e-ticket number: A17-0049018
Amount: 2,500,000.00 (Two Million, Five Hundred Thousand Dollars)

You should establish contact with the Enquiry Officer using the details stated below:
Contact: Mr. Damien Lewis
Phone: +31 626 006 051
Email: da_lewis@live.nl

You are required to directly contact Mr. Lewis and furnish him with the following information:
Name:....... Address:........ Phone/Fax:....., Cell Phone:......,Email:....., Alternative Email:...., Occupation:...., and E-ticket number:

NOTE: It's important you initiate correspondence with Mr. Lewis within 14 days of receiving this notification.

Congratulations!!!!!!!

Esther Tarkieltaub
Promotions Co-ordinator

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