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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: NATIONAL LOTTERY COMMISSION <alimembi1@walla.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2006 23:18:18 +0100
Subject: CAMELOT ONLINE GAMING!!!

CAMELOT ONLINE GAMING
REGULATED BY THE NATIONAL LOTTERY COMMISSION
GROOTHANDELSMARKT 20,
AMSTERDAM 1018 ND
NETHERLANDS.




CONGRATULATIONS!



You have been selected as one of the twelve lucky winners under CATEGORY "B" in the sixth edition of
the CAMELOT ONLINE GAMING/LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS. You have been
approved for a payout of 625,000 Euros (Six Hundred and Twenty Five Thousand Euros Only).

All participants for the online version of the International Promotion were randomly selected from the
internet database through computer draw system from over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate
bodies that are listed online and downsized to 5,000 from which selection of the final lucky twelve was
made.

The process of collecting your lottery prize winning is to be handled by an authorised claims agent within
our European booklet representative office in The Netherlands. You are to contact the fiduciary agent
within a week of receiving this notice. Please find below detail contact information:

Duke Kaarls, (COG)
Foreign Service Manager,
C Kok v Alphenstr 13,
Amsterdam, 6417SR,
Netherlands
Tel: + 31 645 228 532
Email: camlottonl@netscape.net

You MUST provide the claims agent with your full name, country of residence, address, telephone and
fax number along with the winning information below:

Ref No: TCL/55/849177
Grand Draw No: 01-A223
Secret pin code: 56748

Furthermore you are seriously advised to keep all winning information and numbers confidential until your
lottery winning is processed and claimed by you in line with our fiduciary security protocol to avoid double
claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Anyone under the age of 18 is automatically
disqualified. In the event of a change in present address, do inform your agent as soon as possible.

Congratulations!

Jos Hanssen
VICE PRESIDENT/ONLINE LOTTERY CO-ORDINATOR CAMELOT ONLINE
GAMING/LOTTERY

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The contents of this e-mail are strictly confidential. This e-mail is meant for the addressee only. Should
this e-mail have been received erroneously please discard it.

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