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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: "Mr. M. De Bruijne" <lotto@primposta.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2005 23:00:53 +0100
Subject: You Have Won!

PRIZE AWARD DEPT.

REF Number: CAP/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

AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION .(YOU HAVE WON!)

Dear Lucky Winner,

Congratulations to you as we bring to your notice, the results of the
Free Email Computer Ballot Jackpot 'A' draw 1st Category of LOTTO.NL.We
are pleased to inform you of the result of the Lottery Winners
International programs held on the 16th November 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 LOTTO.NL, (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 10th Dec 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. De Bruijne.
Email: lotto@primposta.com

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 an independent lawyer acting as a referee 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 Lotto.nl.

In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, provide the
following when replying:

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