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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: "Dayzers Loterij" <dayzersloterij11@msn.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 08:41:07 +0000
Subject: DAYZERS END OF YEAR WINNER!!!

FROM:

DAYZERS LOTERIJ INTERNATIONAL
GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED LICENSED LOTTERY PROMOTERS.
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
PALEISSTRAAT 5,
2514 JA DEN HAAG,
NETHERLANDS.
ATTENTION:WINNER,
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today,20th October,2005 of
winners of the DAYZERS LOTERIJ INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS held on 30th
September,2005 as our last quarter draw.
Your email address was attached to ticket number 023-0148-790-459,with Batch
number 5073-11 drew from the lucky numbers 43-11-44-37-10-43,and
consequently won the lottery in the 3rd category.
You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay of 500,000,00 EUROS(FIVE
HUNDRED THOUSAND EUROS) in cash credited to Security file No.
DLI/25041238013/05. and lottery reference no.DLI/55488
This is from total prize money of 4.500,000,00euros shared among the nine
international winners in this category.
All participants were sellected through a computer ballot system from
Australia,New Zealand, America,Europe,North America,Africa,middle east and
Asia as part of International Promotions Program which is conducted twice
annually.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!
Your prize is now deposited with our corresponding bank who will contact you
after we must have finished processing your cliam.Due to the mix up of some
numbers and names,we ask that you keep this award strictly from the public
notice until your claim has been processed and your money remitted into your
account.
This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or
unscrupulous acts by participants of this program.We hope that after getting
your prize,you will participate in our end of year high stake
One Million Euros (I Million Euros)
To ensure a smooth collection of your grand prize,You are to contact your
claim agents by email or fax within a week of receiving this
notification.Please find full contact details below:
MR.PATRICK HAAD
CLAIM AGENT/VERIFYING HOUSE
DAYZERS LOTERIJ INTERNATIONAL
Reply to this E-mail address...dayzersloterij05@indiatimes.com
TEL:+31-611-447-309
FAX:+31-847-550-266
Please provide your claim agent with the informations below for proper
identification of our rightful winner.
1. Your full names
2. Your full home/office address
3. Direct telephone/fax numbers/cell phone no.
4. Occupation/age
5. Amount won
6. Batch no.
7. Ticket no.
8. Lottery Ref No
9. Security File No
The above detailed information will be absolutely neccessary for the smooth
processing of your winning prize.
Please note that this winning is valid for TWO WEEKS and failure to claim
after this period will automatically disqualify you as one of our lucky
winners.
Furthermore,should there be any change of your address,do inform your claim
agent as soon as possible.
Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being part
of our promotions program aand visit our web-site .......www.dayzers.nl

Yours Sincerely,
Mrs.Alexanderia Veens.
Secretery Dayzers Loterij imternational
Note:Expiring date is 2nd November,2005.


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