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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: "Nationale Postcode Loterij" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <postcodelnlclaimdept@aol.nl>
Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2011 22:04:16 +0200
Subject: DRINGEND BESTÄTIGUNG

DRINGEND BESTÄTIGUNG

Wir erklären hiermit möchte ich Ihnen mitteilen, dass Ihre E-Mail-ID hat Five Hundred und fünfzigtausend Dollar gewann im ersten Schritt unsere Computer Wahlgang E-Mail-Lotterie mit den genannten Gewinnzahlen geben unten;

REF NUM: 9784HP
TICKET NUM: 8239/243XM
BATCH NUM: 79217HY
Lucky Numbers: 0010/11YR

Zu behaupten, Ihre Gewinnchancen, kontaktieren Sie bitte unser Claim Processing Department dringend: -

Nationale Postcode Claim Dept.
E-mail: postcodelnlclaimdept@aol.nl
Tel: - +31-649-163-656

Sie sind auch Ratschläge, um sie mit den folgenden Informationen bereit: -

Ihr Name: -
Telefon / Fax: -
Ihre Nationalität: -

Herzlichen Glückwunsch noch einmal von Management und Mitarbeitern des Unternehmens.

Mit freundlichen Grüßen,
Mrs.Antje Gelder
www.postcodeloterij.nl

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