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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: "Lott Snet" <mattswood01@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 17:17:20 +0100
Subject: CONGRATULATION CONTACT YOUR CLAIM AGENT.

CONGRATULATION CONTACT YOUR CLAIM AGENT.
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
EMAIL LOTTERY PROMOTION
LUCKYDAY INTERNATIONAL NL
PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
WEESP,NETHERLANDS.
REFERENCE-NUMBERS: DPA/421901/9245NL
BATCH-NUMBERS: NLDPA/8R4/92

SUBJECT: CONGRATULATION CONTACT YOUR CLAIM AGENT.

Dear Winner,
We are delighted to inform you of the result of Email Lottery Promotion
held on the 23RD NOVEMBER, 2005 and that you were one of the THREE LUCKY
WINNERS and your e-mail address attached to:
SERIAL-NUMBERS: 352-2368
LUCKY-NUMBERS: 4-8-7-22-4-8
WINNING SECURITY-CODE: DPA/279/NL
which consequently won in the 1st category, you have therefore been
approved for a lump sum pay of $500,000(FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES
DOLLARS)
CONGRATULATIONS!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!
Please be informed that all participants were selected through a computer
ballot system drawn from over 65,000 company and 450,000,000 individual
email addresses and names from all over the world.Please to file in for
your claims,contact our Claim's Agent:

MR LUTTON GILLS
Foreign Remittance operation manager,
DPA- AGENCY(financialpeople)
Reply-Email: dpafinancenl@ netscape.net
Telephone: +31 611 428 326

Please do remember, all winning must be claimed not later than 4TH
DECEMBER,2005.
After this date all unclaimed funds will be included in the next stake.
Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications,if you
wish to file in for your claims,you are
therefore requested to qoute the following claims requirements to the above
reply email address:

1. Batch, Winning Security Code and Lucky-Numbers.
2. Your Full Names and Address
3. Telephone Numbers.

Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for being
part of our promotional program.
Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.
Sincerely yours,
Mr Matts Wood


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