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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: "Selecttt Lottt" <selectt_lott02@sympatico.ca>
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 08:36:18 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!!

SELECTLOTTO SWEEPSTAKES NL
BURDENSTRAAT 22 1053 DS
AMSTERDAM.(THE NETHERLANDS)
FROM THE DESK OF THE DIRECTOR INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION/PRIZE
AWARD DEPT.
REF:WR/2311786008/01

BATCH:14/011/IP
RE:WINNING NOTIFICATION/FINAL NOTICE.
We are pleased to inform you of the released draws on the 20th of march,
2006,of the selectlotto Netherlands Sweepstakes International program held
on the 11th of
march, 2006. Your personal or company email address attached to ticket
number 205-11465886-629 with serial number 3772-99 drew lucky numbers
7-14-17-23-31-44 which consequently won the lottery in the 2nd category. You
have therefore been approved for a lump sum payout of 750,000.00 Euros(seven
hundred and fifty thousand Euros) in cash credited to file Ref.No
SLN/2311786008/01.This is from a
total cash prize of 7.5 million Euro shared among several international
lucky winners in this category.
CONGRATULATIONS.Your fund is now deposited with Regional finance and
security company,Bonded/insured in your name and due to mix up of some
numbers and names, we ask that you keep this winning private from public
notice until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to your
designated account.This is part of our security protocol to avoid double
claim and unwarranted participants taking advantage of this programme .
All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
over 1,000,000 company and individual email addresses from all over the
world as part of our international promotions programme,which takes place
every year.No tickets were sold.It was a promotional program from our
software department in promoting the benefit of the Internet usage.We hope,
with part of your winning, you will take part in our end of year stake of
15million Euros international lottery. Remember,all winning must be claimed
not later than 14th April,2006.After this date all unclaimed fund will be
returned to the pool as unclaimed.Please contact your claims agent
immediately,to begin your Claims process:
NAME; MR. Andrea Henrik
Senior claims executive,
Regional finance and security company.
Wilbaustraat 104,
6713 AR,
Amsterdam, Netherlands.
TELEPHONE:+31-644-779-051
FAX NUMBER:+31-847-300-993
EMAIL:reg_fsc003@yahoo.com
:regional@ fsc-email.com
For due processing,despatch and remittance of your prize money you must
Contact your Claims Agent within a week of receiving this Mail.
NOTE:In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please remember
to quote your refrence and batch numbers in all correspondence with your
agent. Furthermore, should there be any change of address, do inform your
agent as soon as possible. Anybody under the age of 18 years is
automatically disqualified. Congratulations once more from our members of
staff and thank you for being part of our promotional programme.
Yours Sincerely,
Mrs Eliza Bosch.
THE LOTTERY COORDINATOR.
N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the Winners will result to
disqualification. Please do not reply To this mail. Rather, contact your
claims agent whose Credentials are listed above.All staffs of SELECTLOTTO
SWEEPSTAKES NL and members of their family are BARRED from this lottery.


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