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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: "STAATSLOTERIJ LOTTERY" <freelottery@i12.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: prudentfinancier@telkom.net
Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2006 13:06:16 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS

STAATSLOTERIJ NL 2006
INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM
Laan Van Hoornwijk 55, 2289 DG Rijswijk.
Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
www.staatsloterij.nl

REFERENCE NUMBER: LSLUK/2031/8161/04
BATCH NUMBER: 14/011/IPD
RESULTS FOR CATEGORY "A" DRAWS


Dear Sir/Madam,

Congratulations to you as we bring to your notice, the results of the
STAATSLOTERIJ LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL AWARD.

We are happy to inform you that you have emerged a winner under the
First Category, which is part of our promotional draws held on 04th April,
2006. Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
2,500,000 names and email addresses of individuals and companies from
Africa, America, Asia, Australia, Europe, Middle East, and Oceania as
part of our International Promotions Program.

Your name and e-mail address, attached to ticket number 50941465206-529,
with serial number 5772-54 drew the lucky numbers 3-4-17-28-35-44 and
consequently won in the First Category.

You have therefore been awarded a lump sum pay out of 400,000.00 (Four
Hundred Thousand Euros Only), which is the winning payout for Category A
winners. This is from the total prize money from 2,200,000.00 shared
among the six winners in this category

CONGRATULATIONS! Your fund is now deposited with the paying -out Bank.
In your best interest to aviod mix up of numbers and names of any kind,
we request that you keep the entire details of your award strictly from
public notice until the process of transferring your claims has been completed,
and your funds remitted to your account.

This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or
unscrupulous acts by participants/nonparticipants of this program.

To immediately claim your prize, please contact our fiduciary agent below are the contact information of your fiiduciary agent:
===================================
PRUDENT FINANCIER BV,NL.
Amsterdam Netherland.
Contact:Mr.John Hammer
Email:prudentfinancier@telkom.net
====================================

LOTTERY PAYMENT APPLICATION FORM
(To be completed by lottery winners only)
Ticket Number: ...............................................
Reference Number:............................................
First Name: ......................................................
Last Name:.....................................................
Home Address:..................................................
Town/City: .....................................................
Post Code: ......................................................
Country: ............................................................
Telephone (Home): .........................................
Mobile: ............................................................
Fax (Private): ...................................................
Fax (Office): .....................................................
Email Address: ................................................
Date of Birth: ...................................................
Occupation: ....................................................
Marital Status: ....................................................

I.............................???hereby declare that the above information are
true and binding on me. If at any time it is discovered that I have given false
information, I will forfeit my rights to my winnings.theabove detailed information
will be absolutely necessary to file in your claims.
***********************************************
DR.RUUD VAN COLE OF THE (SUN TRUST AGENT B.V.)
35,DAMRAK 1104EAAMSTERDAM
NETHERLANDS.



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