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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: dutchunon@tiscali.co.uk
Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2005 04:15:02 -0700
Subject: DUTCH UNION INTERNATIONAL

DUTCH UNION INTERNATIONAL
FROM MR. STEVE BROWN.
(LOTTERY COORDINATOR)

Dear Sir/Madam,


We are pleased to inform you that as a result of our recent lottery draws
held on the 5 th September 2005. Your
e-mail address attached to ticket number 27522465896-532 with serial number
652-662 drew lucky numbers 7-14-18-23-31-45,which consequently won in the
2nd category. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out
of 1,000,000 (Euros)(One Million Euros only) Note that all participants
in this lottery program have been selected randomly through a computer ballot
system drawn from over 20,000 companies and 30,000,000 individual email
addresses from all search engines and websites.

This promotional program takes place every year, and is promoted and sponsored
by eminent personalities like the Sultan of Brunei,Bill Gates of Microsoft
Inc and other corporate organizations.This is to encourage the use of the
Internet and computers worldwide.

For security purpose and clarity, we advise that you keep your winning information
confidential until your claims have been processed and your money remitted
to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claims and
unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants. We look forward
to your active participation in our next year USD50 million slot. You are
requested to contact our Lottery coordinator below to assist you with your
winnings and subsequent payments. All winnings must be claimed not later
than one month after the date of this notice. Please note,in ord to avoid
unnecessary delays and complications, remember to quote you reference number
and batch numbers in all correspondence.

Furthermore, should there be any change of address do inform our agent as
soon as possible. Congratulations once more and thank you for being part
of our promotional program.

NOTE: YOU ARE AUTOMATICALLY DISQUALIFIED IF YOU ARE BELOW
18 YEARS OF AGE.

Sincerely yours,

MR. STEVE BROWN.
LOTTERY COORDINATOR)
EMMAL; dutchunionnl@netscape.net



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