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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: "Lottery Winners" <lottery_winners_international@winnersinternational.net>
Reply-To: m_da_bruijne@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Wed, 07 Sep 2005 04:36:24 +0000
Subject: DEAR LUCKY WINNING FINAL NOTIFICATION!!!!!!

 
INTERNATIONAL PRIZE AWARD DEPT.
REF Number:   SCA/231-ILGI0431/05
BATCH No:    EAPA/15/096/TVFS
TICKET No:    20511465463-7644
SERIAL No:   472-9768-98
LUCKY No:    8-66-97-22-65-99
RE: WINNING FINAL NOTIFICATION
Sir, Madam
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Lottery Winners International programs held on the 6th   september 2005.
Your E-mail address attached to Ticket number 20511465463-7644 with Serial number 472-9768-98 drew the lucky numbers
8-66-97-22-65-99, which consequently won in the 1st category, you have therefore been approved for a lump sum payout
of US$ 1,000,000.00 (One Million United States Dollars). This is from a total cash prize of USD$10,000,000.00 Million
shared amongst Ten International Lucky Winners in the Category A + (Plus).
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
This lottery is a promotional program by DE LOTTO, (Biggest lottery Organization in the Netherlands) to advertise to
the world its existence. All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from over 50,000 companies
and 2,000,000 individual email addresses from all over the world, as part of our international promotions program, which
we intend to conduct several times a year.Be informed that your documents have to pass our authority to obtain a clearance,
which shall be attached to your document in readiness of the subsequent onward transfer into your nominated bank account
with 24 hours of completion of the authentication.
Due to the possibility of unscrupulous individuals filing a double claim, we suggest that you keep this award strictly
confidential until your claim has been processed and notarized and your certificate of award obtained. This is in conformity
with the lottery claim regulations by our Organization & the Netherlands Gaming Control Board.
This is part of our security protocol measures to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some
participants/non participants.
All winnings must be claimed not later than 30th september 2005. After this date all unclaimed funds will be included in the
next stake. Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.
    
To file for your claim, please contact our /your processing agent
Mr. M. da Bruijne.
Email:m_da_bruijne@yahoo.co.uk
NOTE: All winnings must be notarized and a certificate of award must be obtained from the Netherlands Gaming Control Board
to complete the claims process, this certificate can only be obtained through legal representation so winners will be
referred to a lawyer to assist in this process. Winners are to cover the legal charges for the notarization of the claims
form and the acquisition of the certificate of award not DE LOTTO.
In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, provide the following when replying:
Name:
Nationality:
Country of residence:
Tel number:
Delays will compel us to disperse your funds, in other words, we shall divert your funds as stated above. Kindly remember
to quote your reference number numbers in all correspondence.
Finally, we call on you to make sure that you save a copy of this mail and note every letter clearly as stated for we will
not be held responsible should there be any complications in this transaction due to laxity on your part.
Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for being part of our promotional program.
Yours truly,
Wendy Witkamp.
De Lotto.    
NOTICE:  You have received this message from De Lotto international prize dept. at your  e-mail address because you have
visited on of our sponsored sites and have voluntarily given your email address to receive mails from their sponsors.
If you wish to be taken out of this list do not reply to this mail,  reply to the agent with the words remove. If you are
not the intended recipient, you must not, directly or indirectly, use, disclose, distribute, print or copy any part of this
message.  If you believe you have received this message in error, please delete it and all copies of it from your system
and notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail.
  Thank you.

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