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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: europeanlotteryguild@rocketmail.com
Reply-To: euroyohanvanmilliondijk@aol.com
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2014 14:05:43 +0200
Subject: REF Number: EU/306-730-08.

Euro million Sweepstakes Promotion,
REF Number: EU/306-730-08,
BATCH No: EU/29201643/710.


ATTN: WINNING NOTIFICATION!!!!!


We happily announce to you the draw of the Sweepstakes promotion organized by Euro Million held on the 19th of April 2014 in the Netherlands.Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 46939 with Serial
number 110382/27 drew the lucky numbers: 1-6-4-0-8-2-2-9-3, which subsequently won you the lottery in the B category.You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of €750,000 (SEVEN HUNDRED AND
FIFTY THOUSAND EUROS in cash credited to file EUP/9080118308/02/TCA.

This lottery is a promotional program by Euro Million , (Biggest lottery Organization in Europe) to advertise to the world its existence. All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from over 50,000 companies and 2,000,000 individual email addresses from all over the world, as part of our promotionional program,This promotion takes place annually. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize. This is a part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements.

NOTE: All winnings must be notarized and a certificate of award must be obtained from the Netherlands Gaming Control Board to complete the claims process, this certificate can only be obtained through legal
representation so winners will be referred to our Regional Director to assist in this process. Winners are to cover the legal charges for the notarization of the claim forms and the acquisition of the certificate of award not EURO MILLION.

To file for your claim, please contact our Regional Office with the details below for processing and release of your winning.
***********************************************************
MR. YOHAN VAN DIJK.
TELEPHONE: +31-684-889-120
Reply Email: euroyohanvanmilliondijk@aol.com
EURO MILLION REDEMPTION CENTRE, AMSTERDAM.THE NETHERLANDS.
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Congratulations from our members of staff and thank you for being part of our promotional program.

Yours truly,
Mrs .Clara Michaels.


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