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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: Fernando Devito <ditto@zalau.ro>
Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2005 05:30:51 +0300
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS, YOUR LOTTERY AWARD FUNDS AWAIT YOUR URGENT RESPONSE



FROM: GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED LICENSED LOTTERY PROMOTERS. WINNING NOTICE
FOR
CATEGORY "C" WINNER

Dear Lucky Winner,

RE: BONUS LOTTERY PROMOTION PRIZE AWARDS WINNING NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual
final
draws of De Lotto Netherlands International Lottery programs.

The online cyber lotto draws was conducted from an exclusive list of
25,000 e-
mail addresses of individual and corporate bodies picked by an advanced
automated random computer search from the internet. No tickets were
sold.

After this automated computer ballot, your e-mail address emerged as
one of two
winners in the category "C" with the following:

Ref Number: 46250/448-6358/LNI
Batch Number:37482656-LNI/2005
Ticket Number:7-6-20-22-28-40-2

You as well as the other winner are therefore to receive a cash prize
of
1,500,000.00. (ONE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAN EUROS ONLY) each from
the total
payout.

Your prize award has been insured with your e-mail address and will be
transferred to you upon meeting our requirements, statutory
obligations,
verifications, validations and satisfactory report.

To begin the claims processing of your prize winnings you are advised
to
contact our licensed and accredited claims agent for category "C"
winners with
the information below:

Mr.Maxey Brayduck Esq.
Financial Director,
Netherlands Development Finance Company,
De Amsterdamse
Poort Bijlmerplein
888 1102 MG Amsterdam
1000 BV Amsterdam
E-mail:maxey@personal.ro

NOTE: All winnings must be claimed not later than 20 days. After this
date all
unclaimed funds would be included in the next stake. Remember to quote
your
reference information in all correspondence. You are to keep all lotto
information away from the general public especially your reference and
ticket
numbers. (This is important as a case of double claims will not be
entertained).

Anybody under the age of 18 and members of the affiliate agencies are
automatically not allowed to participate in this program.

Thank you and congratulations!!!

Yours faithfully,
Mrs. Mildred Hugo
Games/Lottery Coordinator.
De Lotto Netherlands International
www.lotto.nl



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