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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: "Staatsloterij Promotions (staatloterij_promotions)"
<staatloterij_promotions@dearriba.com>
Date: Sat, 07 May 2005 02:50:39 -0700
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!!YOU HAVE WON.

STAATSLOTERIJ JACKPOT AND PROMOTIONS
KHORHOSTRAAT155,
AMSTERDAM,
THE NETHERLANDS.

FROM: THE DESK OF THE MANAGING DIRECTOR
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD DEPT,
SCFN: ABN/5333/025648/03UA.
BATCH:245/2002/GWK

Attn:

We are pleased to inform you of the release today the 7th of May 2005 of
the STAATSLOTERIJ JACKPOT AND PROMOTIONS,NETHERLANDS held on 5th of
May 2005.

Your email address attached to the Ticket No:1001-55896542-5899 with Serial
No: 6666/05 drew from the Lucky No:02-22-00-66-99-85-52-12-36-50, which consequently won the lottery in the FIRST category.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of ONE MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLARS (US$1,000,000.00) in cash credited to security file number ABN/5333/025648/03UA.This is from a total cash prize of US$4 Million shared among four individuals in this category.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!.

Your funds is now deposited with our Payment/Finance Department in the security company to your name ,Due to the mixed up of some numbers and names,we ask that you keep this winning a top secret from the public notice until your claims has been processed and remitted to your account
as this is apart of the security protocol, to avoid double claiming or unwarranted taking advantage of this program by participants.

All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
the 500,000 company/individal email addresses from all over the world as
part of our international promotions program, which we conduct every decade.


TO begin your claims, please contact your claim agent in
DR.HENK DER VAART (Director of operations).
TEL.0031-649-224-367
Email:sloterijagent005@netscape.net

For processing and remittance of your winning cash into a designated bank
account of your choice, Remember,all winnings must be claim not later than
May 30th 2005, After this date,All unclaim funds will be returned to the
promotion company.

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please
remember to quote your security credicted file number and batch numbers respectively in every correspondence with your claim agent.

Furthermore, should there be any change of your address, do inform your claim agent as soon as possible.

Congratulations once again from all members of our staff and thank you for
being part of our promotions programme.

Yours sincerely,
STEFANIA DER HELDER(promotion manager).











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