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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: "DE LOTTO .NL" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ingpbnl@post.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2011 16:37:30 +0200
Subject: Congratulations!!!

De Lotto.
Postbus 3074
GB Rijswijk Zh 914

Congratulations!!!

We write to inform you of the result of our Internet Sweepstakes program that was conducted on the 26th Day of March, 2011. This e-mail address which was extracted among other e-mail addresses from the Internet Data Base and entered into our program with a File Serial Number: AM-71070/137AY, has won you its owner cash prize money of ?400,000, (Four Hundred Thousand Euros Only). You can only claim this fund by contacting our paying bank to release your winning to you .

Mr. Paul Adams
Tel: +31-645725358
Fax: +31-847596057
Email:ingpbnl@post.com

This lottery program was conducted and sponsored by us De Lotto Company as a Goodwill Gesture and you don’t need to purchase our lottery ticket before entering this program because it was a free email sweepstakes program. Your winning must be claimed not later than the 28days of your receipt of this message hence we advice you provide our paying bank above with the below stated details for the processing of your Won prize.

1). Complete Full Names:
2). Residential Address:
3). Occupation:
4). Phone/Fax Numbers:
5). A Scan Copy of any valid proof of your Identification like International Passport or Driver’s License that will be use for the processing of your payment file:

Congratulations and happy spending upon your receipt of the winning funds.


Sincerely yours,

Marijke Gessel. (Programs Coordinator)
For: Lotto NL. (Lotto is een onderdeel van De Lotto).
Copyright(c) 2009 by De Lotto, the Netherlands.


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