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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Dr. Robinson Westerhoff." <Dr.Robinson@k.ro> (may be fake)
Reply-To: lilianvanderson1@consultant.com
Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 03:28:34 +0200
Subject: RE:NOTIFICATION NOTICE.


CRYSTAL INTERNATIONAL INTERNET AWARENESS LOTTERY PROMOTIONS,
Crystal Beethoven Beethovenstraat 405V.
Amsterdam Netherlands..

EMAIL ADDRESS: info@crystallottery.co.nl


FROM:THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
CIIALP. PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
REF NO. CIIALP/NL258640M/SEP.04
BATCH NO:HY1267904



RE:NOTIFICATION NOTICE.

We are pleased to inform you of the release of the results
of the CRYSTAL LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM held on
the 9th of OCTOBER, 2004.
YOUR NAME ON YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS attached to ticket number
478548095213 with Serial number A4521980 drew the lucky
numbers BB5872346FH which consequently won the lottery in
the 4th category.
You have therefore been approved for a lump sum payout of
( TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND US DOLLARS ONLY ) in cash
credited to file REF NO. CIIALP/005/04.This is from a
total cash prize of US$40,250,000.00 shared among the
seventeen international winners in this category.
Due to mixed up of some numbers and names, we ask that you
keep this award from public notice until your claim has
been processed and your money remitted to your nominated
account as this is a part of our security protocol to avoid
double claiming or unwarranted taking advantage of this
program by participants.
All participants were selected through our COMPUTER BALLOT
SYSTEM drawn from 25,000 names from Asia, Africa,
Australia, North and South America, Middle East, New
zealand and Europe as part of our international promotions
program which we conduct once every year. We hope that with
a part of your prize , you will take part in our end of
year HIGHSTAKE US$150 Million International lottery.
To begin your lottery claim please contact your claims
agent;
Mrs.Lilian Van Derson,
FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER,
TRIANGULAR NETWORK YVK,
AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS
lilianvanderson1@consultant.com
Remember all prize money must be claimed not later than
30th of OCTOBER ,2004. After this date all funds will be
returned to the MINISTRY OF ECONOMY(in The Netherlands) as
unclaimed funds.
NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications, please remember to quote your reference and
batch numbers in every correspondence with us or your
claims agent.Furthermore, should there be any change of
your address, do inform us as soon as possible.

Congratulations once again from all members of our staff
and thank you for being a part of our promotions program.
Best regards,

Dr. Robinson Westerhoff.





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