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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: "INFO PRIZE DETAILS" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <nl.luckydays@aol.nl>
Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2010 22:41:49 +0200
Subject: Ref:GNP501/731KW

Ref:GNP501/731KW

We are delighted to inform you of our Lucky Day Lotto prize award held on the 16th of February 2010
in Netherland. This lotto awards is fully based on an electronic selection, Winners were picked by
computerized system, drawn from over 43,000,00 companies and individuals e-mail addresses
worldwide.This award is officially announced to day in Amsterdam The Netherland,Your email ID has
hereby been approved a lump sum pay out of €1,319,025 Cent in cash credit file Ref: GNP501/731KW,
Batch: AM72/PGS27/09FC, Winning No: DC61/PDN32/01NL

Simply contact Our Office of Foreign Financial Security Vsb Netherland on phone and email for your
prize claim immediately.

Mr. Rob Van Dirk.
Tel +31-684-874-123,
e-mail: nl.luckydays@aol.nl

Congratulations! once again.

Yours in service,
Mrs. Marrith Driker
Dpt Sec
Nl. Lucky Day Loto

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