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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Evelyn Boer" <boersssss@walla.com>
Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2005 19:30:46 +0200
Subject: LOTTO INFORMATION!!!!


DAYZERS INTERNATIONAL LOTTO B.V

DAYZERS LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL
Klantenservice Dayzers
Postbus 3313
5902 RH Venlo
The Netherlands
FROM: MR.Richard Blakes
THE PROMOTIONS CLAIM MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PAYMENT DEPARTMENT
Dayzers Lottery International
RE / AWARD NOTIFICATION; FINAL NOTICE
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement
today,semptember 7th,
2005 of your selection as one of the five winners of
the promotional
DAYZERS LOTTERY Netherlands, held recently as part of
our
YEARLY BONANZA.
You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay
out of EUR
1,200,000.00 (One Million, Two Hundred Thousand EUROS
only) in cash
credited to file REF NO.GML/2551256003/11.
We, the Dayzers Lottery Netherlands is by this
program,
Launching our model computer balloting lottery draws,
developed and
designed to satisfy the cravings of the ever-growing
number of
participants in our various lottery programs. With
funds accrued
exclusively
from
previous draws, payouts to all winners are guaranteed
and will be
transferred in record time.
After randomly selecting 15,000 participants from an
initial database
of 300,000 emails all participants were selected
through a computer
ballot system from the Middle East, Asia, Africa,
Canada, Europe, USA
and
South America as part our International Promotions
Program, which was
conducted in view of launching ourselves into the
Sweepstakes Industry
Worldwide and zoning all participants by their
respective continents
from
across the globe, we produced an extensive list from
which you have
emerged as one of the winners of the Grand Draw prize.
To ensure a smooth collection of your winnings, the
transfer of your
prize is to be handled by our Prize Transfer claim
manager
You are to contact our claim manager by email or fax
within a week of
receiving this notice. Please find full contact
details below:
MR.RichardBlakes,
Foreign Service claim Manager
TEL:31 617 592 378
FAX:31 847 536 019
Email;dayzersclaimdep@walla.com
www.dayzers.nl
Also find all other relevant winning lottery
information below:
WINNING NOTIFICATION / FINAL
NOTICE...CONGRATULATIONS!!!!
BATCH NO: PTP/31211214257/190888/2202
REF. NO: PTP/21449267220/255100//2202
SERIAL NO: 918735625
TICKET NO: 219028657434
LUCKY NO: 21-70-81-82-99
Also send your Name, Address and Country of Residence
when replying
your Claims Manager. Remember, you must contact your
claim Manager not
later
than a week of receiving this notification. After this
date, all funds
will be returned as unclaimed.
NOTE:
In order to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications, please remember
to quote your reference and batch numbers in every one
of your
correspondences with your claims Manager.
Furthermore you are seriously advised to keep all
winning lottery
information and numbers from the public in line with
our company
security
protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted
abuse of this program
by unscrupulous individuals.
Congratulations once again from all our staff members
and thank you for
being part of our Promotions program.
With best regards,
Mrs. Evelyn Boer
Dayzers Lottery

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