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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 about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: <staatloterij2006jmtwwrom@zwallet.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 09:26:11 +0500
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS YOU ARE A WINNER

ONLINE PROMOTIONS
STAATSLOTTERY (HEADQUARTERS)
The Nederlands Staatsloterij
Paleisstraat 25
2514 JA Den Haag
The Netherlands
www.staatsloterij.nl

FROM: STAATSLOTTERY NL
ATTENTION: WINNER!

TICKET NUMBER: 2752246831
SERIAL NUMBER: 652-66283
BATCH NUMBER: AT-040SB06-03

AWARD FINAL NOTIFICATION:
We are pleased to inform you of release of the results for THE NEDERLANDS ONLINE LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION PROGRAM held on the 21st OF MARCH 2006.You were entered as dependent clients with; Reference Serial Number: 652-66283 and Batch number AT-040SB06-03.

Your email address attached to the ticket number: 2752246896 that drew the lucky winning number, which consequently won the sweepstake in the first category, in four parts. You have been approved for a payment of EURO 500,000.00 (FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND EURO) in cash credited to file reference number: IPL/4249859609/WP1. This is from a total cash prize of Twelve million, Five Hundred Thousand Euro shared among the ten international winners in first categories. Congratulations!
All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 50,000 (Fifty thousand) names of email users around the world, as part of our international promotion program.

Due to mix up of some names and addresses, we ask that you keep this award personal, till your claims has been processed and your funds remitted to you.
This is part of our security measures to avoid double claiming or unwarranted advantage of the situation by other participants or impersonators. You are to contact our accredited agent for your claim.

Name: Mr. Andre OOijer
E-mail: staatlot@supereva.it
Tel: +31 649 815 551
Netherlands staatsloterij

He is the agent responsible for the processing and transfer of your winnings.
YOUR SECURITY FILE NUMBER IS W-346-H67/C4 (Personal infomation). Remember, your winning must be claimed not later than (25th April, 2006).
You are required to forward the following details to help facilitate the processing of your claims and certificate which will facilitate the release of your winnings.

1. Full Names:……………………………………………………………

2. Residential Address:……………………………………….............

3. Phone Number:……………………………………………..............

4. Fax Number:………………………………………………...............

5. Occupation:………………………………………………….............

6. Sex:…………………………………………………………...............

7. Age:……………………………………………………………...........

8. Nationality:……………………………………………………..........

9. Present Country:……………………………………………............

A scanned identification of your self sent via email. You are advice to forward these information’s as soon as possible to enable us attend to your file. Once again, Congratulations.

Yours Sincerely,
Ms Simone Van Kies
International online state lottery

PLEASE NOTE THAT WE WILL NOT CORRESPOND WITH YOU ON THIE E-MAIL ADDRESS,YOU MUST FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTION AS STATED ABOVE.

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