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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: "DV LOTTERY 2004" <dvlottery2004@winning.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: patrickholles@hotmail.com
Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2004 10:12:45 -0800
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS YOU ARE A WINNER

Delotto Netherlands Lottery,
41132 NL- 1007 DB,
AMSTERDAM,
THE NETHERLANDS, HQs.
FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE NOTIFICATION DEPARTMENT,
REF: KP6821873DL
BATCH: 28/2017/IPD
ATTENTION:
RE: AWARD NOTIFICATION: FINAL NOTICE.
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today,
27th of NOVEMEBR, 2004 winners of the Delotto Netherlands Lottery
PROGRAMS held on 30th of APRIL,2004. Your company/individual
e-mail, attached to ticket number
(025-1146-2003-750), with serial number (2113-22) drew the
lucky numbers (13-15-22-37-39-43), and consequently won the
lottery in the 3rd category. You are therefore been approved
for a lump sum pay of USD 800,000.00 (Eight Hundred Thousand United States
Dollars) in cash credited
to file REF NO. KP6821873DL.
This is from total prize of US$10,400,000.00 shared among the
twenty two international winners in this category. All
participants were selected through a computer ballot system
drawn from 15 million names from Australia, New Zealand,
America, Europe and North America and Africa as part of
International Promotions Program, which is conducted annually.
CONGRATULATIONS!
Your fund is now deposited with a security company insured in
your
name. Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that
you keep this notification strictly from public notice until
your claim has been processed and your money remitted to your
account.
This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming
or unscrupulous acts by beneficiaries of this program. We hope
with a part of your prize, you will participate in our mid of
the year high stakes US$1.3 billion International Lottery.
To begin your claim, please contact your claim agent:
Dr. PATRICK HOLLES,patrickholles@adres.nl </ym/Compose?To=patrickholles@mail2world.com>, patrickholles@mail.com </ym/Compose?To=patrickholles@hotmail.com>
For due
processing and remittance of your prize to a designated
account of your choice.
Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later than 20th
DECEMBER, 2004. After this date, all funds will be returned as
unclaimed.
NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications,
please remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in
every one of your correspondences. Furthermore, should there
be any change of your address, do inform us as soon as
possible.
Congratulations once again from all the staff of Delotto Netherlands
Lottery.
And thank you for being part of our promotions
program.
Sincerely, Fisch Kluivert,

THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
Delotto Netherlands Lottery.
N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners
will result to disqualification.

Fisch Kluivert


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