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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: "KLASSENLOTTERY PROMOTIONS" <klassenlotterypromotions@msn.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 09:11:44 +0000
Subject: Klassen lottery winning notification

SUDDEUTSCHE KLASSEN LOTTERY
GLOBAL-EMAIL LOTTERY PROGRAM
INTERNATIONAL-HEADQUATERS
GERMANY
RFF NOS: EAASL/941OYI/02/STXN
Batch NOS: 12/25/0034
ATTENTION:
AWARD NOTIFICATION; FINAL NOTICE

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the october 18th,2005
SUDDEUTSCHE KLASSEN EMAIL-LOTTERIE PROGRAM. Your winning Email address is
attached to ticket number 025-11464992-750 with serial number 2113-05 drew
the lucky numbers 4-18-24-30-31-35 which consequently won the lottery in
the 1st category.You have therefore been approved for a lump sum payout of
USD$1,000,000.00 (One Million United States Dollars) in cash credited to
file EAASL/941OYI/02/STXN. This is from a total cash prize of USD$50 Million
shared amongst the first fifty (50) lucky winners in this category. All
participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
25,000 names and email addresses from all continent of the world as part of
our international promotions program which we conduct twice every year. This
year Lottery Program Jackpot is the largest ever for SUDDEUTSCHE KLASSEN
LOTTERY. The estimated USD$50 million jackpot would be the sixth-biggest in
Europe history. The biggest was the USD$363 million jackpot that went to two
winners in a Febuary 2000 drawing of The Big Game Mega Millions'
predecessor. Your fund is now deposited in an offshore bank insured in your
name. Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we advice that you keep
this award from public notice until your claim has been processed and your
money remitted to you as this is part of our security protocol to avoid
double claiming or unwarranted taking advantage of this program by the
general public.please you are to provide the below details and send via
email the the head of our claims remittance department so that your funds
can be transferred to you immediatelly.
PROVIDE VIA EMAIL THE FOLLOWING DETAILS TO THE HEAD OF OUR CLAIMS REMITTANCE
DEPARTMENT MRS SUSAN KEOMAN, EMAIL ;[claimsremittancedepartment@walla.com]
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1. Your Full names
2. Full home / Office Address
3. Direct Telephone/Fax Numbers
4. Occupation / Age
5. Next of kin
6. Amount won
7. Lottery date
8. Nationality.

The above detailed information will be absolutely neccessary for the
processing of your payment which would remitted to you from any our zonal
payment centres where your payment would fall into. Please note that this
winning is valid for ONLY THREE WEEKS and failure to issue claims within
this period will automatically void your payment. Remember to quote your
ticket number, serial number and lucky number in your future correspondence
via email.
Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being part
of our promotions program.

Yours Sincerely,
Mr. Moller Khan
Promotions Manager
Suddeutsche Klassen Lottery
Head office, Germany
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****PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL***** this e-mail and any attached files are from
SUDDEUTSCHE KLASSEN LOTTERY COMPANY and are confidential and may be legally
privileged. If you are not the addressee, any disclosure, reproduction,
copying, distribution, or other dissemination or use of this communication
is strictly prohibited. If you have received this transmission in error
please notify the sender immediately and then delete this e-mail. E-mail
transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error free as information
can be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete,
or contain viruses.SUDDEUTSCHE KLASSEN LOTTERY COMPANY therefore cannot be
held liable for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message,
which arise as a result of e-mail transmission


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