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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: "Guus Mayer" <l_nl@aol.com>
Reply-To: claimsdept@foxmail.com
Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2014 04:00:29 -0400
Subject: Email User




De (Netherlands) Lotto NL.
File Serial No: DFC-446810/060ZY.
Payment Ref No: BCN-41810/050XV

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

We are pleased to announce to you the out come of our Internet Sweepstake
program that was conducted on the 29th Day of May, 2014. This e-mail
address with a File Serial Number: BCN-41810/050XV which was extracted
among other e-mail addresses from the Internet Data Base has won you the
email beneficiary cash prize money of €1,925,000 Only (One Million, Nine
Hundred and Twenty-Five Thousand Euros Only). You are advice to contact
our Payment Department through the below stated details for the release of
your prize money.

Best Regards.
Mr. Kurt Reuther
Tel: +31-208-932537
Fax: +31-844-380016
Email: Claimsdept@foxmail.com
Email: claimsdept048@gmail.com

As part of our security protocol/record purposes, we kindly ask that you
keep your winning information securely should in case you were requested
to reconfirm the winning details in future references. This lottery
program was conducted and sponsored by us and in conjunction with a
consortium of software companies. Your winning must be claimed not later
than the 28days of your receipt of this message hence we advice you
provide our payment department as mentioned above with the below stated
details for the processing of your payment file.

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 thanks for being part of our Lottery program.

Sincerely yours,
Guus Mayer. (Programs Coordinator)
For: Lotto NL. (Lotto is een onderdeel van De Lotto).
Copyright(c) 2009 by De Lotto, the Netherlands.
Website: http://lotto.nl

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