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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: progrnl2005@handbag.com
Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2005 17:35:09 +0200
Subject: Van Joseph Thomas.

FROM:THE DESK OF THE ZEEMAN PROMOTIONAL CO-ORDINATOR,

REF:GS/20051017
TICKET:NO:555120858
BATCH:05/472/GKI/NL
LUCKYNO:6942511

ATTN:LOTTERY WINNER,

CONFIRMED WINNING PRIZE

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Zeeman Lottery programs
held on April,6th 2005 Your e-mail address was attached to one of the ten
winning ticket numbers with game Number 25864777.. You have therefore been
approved for a lump
sum pay out of ?150,000.00 (One Hundred and Fifty Thousand euro)

CONGRATULATIONS!!

All participants were selected through a computer ballot system from our
sponsors databases, including over 50,000 companies and 150,000 individual
E-mail addresses and names submitted by our agents drawn from Asia, Africa,
Europe , North And South America, Oceania and around the world. To file
for your urgent claim, please contact our
approved agent for your region.

Mr.Morgan Marco.
Zeeman Lottery Agency
Nieuwe Steen 5
1625 HV HOORN
Amsterdam The Netherland
Tel: + 31-619-056-199
Fax:+31-84-752-0269
E-Mail:ZeemanLottery@netscape.net
www.zeeman.nl

It is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and to minimize
identification difficulties to advise you to keep this information confidential
until your claim is processed successfully and to avoid unwarranted abuse
of this program by some participants to please note that you will be required
to pay for the issuance of your winning certificate and all winnings must
be claimed not later than 11th April, 2005. After this date all unclaimed
winnings will be null and void. In Order to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications remember to quote your reference number and batch numbers in
all correspondence. Furthermore, should there be anychange of address do
inform our agents as soon as
possible. Congratulations once more and thank you for
being part of our promotional program.
Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically
disqualified.

Yours faithfully,
Van Joseph Thomas.
































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