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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 Maria J. Chambers " <nationallottery9@netscape.net>
Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 05:47:26 +0800
Subject: YOU ARE A WINNER

The Suite 179 1007 West/Zuld, L70 1NL Zwolle Holland (Customer Services) Ref: DEUK/9383/8161/99 Batch: GI/SE12-59 Government Accredited Licensed lottery promoters. International Promotions/Prize Award Department Login to http://lottery.co.uk/res We are please to announce you as one of the 10 lucky winners in the national lottery held on the 8th December, 2005. All 10 winning addresses were randomly selected from a batch of 50,000,000 international emails. Your email address emerged alongside 9 others as a category 2 winner in this year national lotto game draw Consequently, you have therefore been approved for a total pay out of £1,000,000 Dollars (one million pounds sterlings) only. In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please remember to quote your reference number and batch numbers: 1, Batch 7499-4206-5876 2, Ref: 739801527-Nll 3, lucky numbers 94-1-537-97-31-809 Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your £1,000,000 would be released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe. To file for your claim, please contact Advocate Patrick cox Telephone number +31 -6100- 234 82 Fax: +31-847-545-681 Email: bejesbejes200@netscape.net Bejes law & Associates This will enable the office of bejes & asscociates to send the claims application form (A4) to you the Beneficiary.you can confirm your winnings when you LOGIN TO http://lottery.co.uk/res For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned. Remember, all winnings must be claim not later than Decmeber 16h, 2005, after this date, unclaimed funds will be returned to the national Lotto Good luck from me and members of staff of the NATIONAL LOTTERY. Yours faithfully, Mrs Maria Rooney Online coordinator for THE NATIONAL LOTTERY Sweepstakes International Program.

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