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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: "Mercy de Gelder" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <postcodelnlclaimdept@aol.nl>
Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 00:59:13 +0200
Subject: Referenz Nummer: 7864GB

Achtung: Winner

Hiermit möchten wir Sie informieren, dass Ihre E-Mail-ID an Referenz Nummer: 7864GB, Ticket-Nummer: 7842HJ, Batch Number: 1098BS und Lucky Number: 9757PR/11
gewonnen hat Five hundertfünfzigtausend United States Dollars in die Nationale Postcode Online Gewinnspiel in Verbindung mit der Microsoft Corporation.
Um Ihren Gewinn, kontaktieren Sie bitte den Anspruch dept

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

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

Ihre Namen: -
Telefon / Fax: -
Ihre Nationalität: -


Herzlichen Glückwunsch noch einmal von Management und Mitarbeitern des Unternehmens, und danke Ihnen dafür, ein glücklicher Gewinner unserer Promotions-Programm.

Mit freundlichen Grüßen,
Mrs.Mercy de Gelder
www.postcodeloterij.nl

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