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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: =?iso-8859-1?q?dptdzer=20award?= <dptdzer@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 08:09:12 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: FORWARD YOUR CLAIM DETAILS!!!


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: dptdzer@yahoo.co.uk

FORWARD YOUR CLAIM DETAILS!!!

INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION PROGRAMME.


RESULT OF CATEGORY A



Dear Winner,



we are please to inform you result of category A of The International DayzerS promotion Programme wishes to inform you the results of the E-mail promotion address ballot promotions 7188, with serial number 074404/06 drew with lucky numbers 93-65-04-36-10-43, and consequently you Won the lottery in the (A) category.All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from Microsoft users from 30 Thousand company and individual email addresses.



You are therefore been approved for a lump sum of One Million Euro. (1,000,000.00 ) Be advice to keep your winning information confidential until your claims has been processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program,



For the release of your winning,kindly contact the approved claims agent with the following details:-

SERIAL NO:074404/06

REF NO: 0093456719/DZLNI

BATCH NO:52561505-DLNI/2006


MR.TONNIE VAN DER BERG

TEL: 0031-652-257-530.

FAX;0031-847-395-576

Reply E-mail: claimprocessinfo@netscape.net


Our agent will immediately commence Your claim process to facilitate the Release of your funds as soon as you contact him and you are to quote your lucky number for confirmation on your winning in every correspondences with the claims agent.



All winning must be claimed not later than One month of rereceivinghis Notice. After this date all unclaimed funds will be rereturnedo back to European Union Treasury as unclaimed Fund. Furthermore, should there be any Change of your address; do inform your claims agent as soon as possible.Congratulations!! again from all our staffs and thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.



Yours faithfully,



Mrs. Theresa van Desh.

Director/Zonal Co-ordinator

- dptdzer award


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