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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: Mon, 9 Jan 2012 10:28:04 +0200
Subject: Reference Number: 7864GB

Attn:Winner

This is to inform you that your Email I.D attached to Reference Number: 7864GB, Ticket number:7842HJ,Batch Number:1098BS and Lucky Number:9757PR/11 has won Five Hundred and Fifty Thousand United States Dollars in the Nationale Postcode Online Sweepstakes in Conjunction with the Microsoft Corporation.To claim your winning,please contact the claim dept

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

You are also advice to furnish them with the following information:-

Your Names:-
Telephone / Fax:-
Your Nationality:-


Congratulations once again from management and staff of this company,and thanking you for being a lucky winner of our promotions program.

Sincerely,
Mrs.Mercy de Gelder
www.postcodeloterij.nl

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