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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: Mrs Susan De Meer <henryb7@uk2.net>
Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 02:06:46 +0100
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION

CASHOUT LOTTO BV
CASHOUT PLAZA, SUITE 1102AP
AMSTERDAM ZUID-OOST
AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS
Ref: OYL/265104060037/02
Batch: 24/00319/IPD

WINNING NOTIFICATION:
We happily announce to you the draw of the CASH-OUT LOTTOS
Sweepstake Lottery International programs held today the 17th of november,2004 IN THE
NETHERLANDS.This is a computer generated lottos of internet users using email addresses as draws.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 275-1085-8862-005 with Serial number 8786-35 drew the
lucky numbers: 5 16 22 36 37 65, which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum
of 850,000.00 EUROS {EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND EUROS}) in cash credited to file
0YL/265104060037/02.

This is from a total cash prize of 8.5 MILLION EUROS , shared amongst the first Ten (10) lucky winners
in this category.

All participants were selected randomly from World
Wide Web site{web users} through computer drawn system and extracted from over 100,000
companies. This promotion takes place annually.

In view of this, your 850,000.00 EUROS (EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND EUROS) would
be released to you by our payment office in holland.

Our Claims officer will immediately commence the
process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you
contact him.

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 part of our precautionary measure to avoid double
claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some
unscrupulous elements. Please be warned.

To file for your claim, please contact your claims
agent:

MR VAN MORGAN
Email: cashlottobv@netscape.net
Tel/Fax:0031-847-394-883

To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please
quote your reference/batch numbers in any correspondences with
your claims agent.

Congratulations once more from all members and staff
of this program.

Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery
program.

Sincerely,

MRS SUSAN DE MEER
CASH-OUT LOTTO Co-ordinator

NOTE:PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS OFFICE MAKE SURE YOU CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS
AGENT ABOVE.ALSO MAKE SURE YOU SEND DOWN YOUR PHONE AND FAX NUMBERS TO
YOUR CLAIMS AGENT FOR EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION

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