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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: "Award dept." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <claimsdirector10@aim.com>
Date: Sun, 3 Mar 2019 21:18:45 +0100
Subject: Attention!!!

LOTTO NETHERLANDS!!!
WINNER!!!

We are pleased to inform you of the announcement of the winners of the Lotto Netherlands
Promotion which took place on the 25th February, 2019 in the Netherlands. Your e-mail address
attached to winning number 20-02-2018-09MSW, and lucky numbers 210-12-865-50 won in the first
category of 1,500,000.00 Euros.

Email Participants from all over the world were selected through our new global Microsoft Email generator
and your e-mail address come up as one of the lucky winners. To begin the process you are advise
to contact our claims department by email or call for the processing of your winning money.

CONTACT DETAILS:

Name: Mr. James Keller
Email: claimsdirector10@aim.com
Tel: 0031-687-482-376

Please keep your wining number 20-02-2018-09MSW from the public, until your winnings has been processed.

Best Regards,

Mrs. Rose Adams
International Relation officer.

...........................................................................................................................................................
PROPERTY OF LOTTO NETHERLANDS

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