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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: <viictoredward@netscape.net>
Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 09:12:23 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS


SUPERBAL E-MAIL LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPT.AMSTERDAM
THE NETHERLANDS. WINNING NOTIFICATION / FINAL

BATCH NO: BALL/23-44-11-17-21-3
REF. NO: BALL/9-20-2-22-1-33

NOTICE...CONGRATULATIONS!!!

This is to inform you of the release of the E-MAIL LOTTERY BALLOT
INTERNATIONAL/ SUPERBAL LOTTERY NL, held on the 26th of May, 2006. Due to
the mix up of numbers, the results were released on the 29th of May 2006.
Your email attached to ticket number 20/37/49/70/ with serial
number (60)(59)(30)(70)(45) drew the lucky numbers of 37-86-83-96-33 which
consequently won the lottery in the 1st category.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum payout Of (1,000,000.00)
One million euros only in cash.

Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that You 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 by some
participants.

All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
only Microsoft users fromover 20,000.00 companies and 3,000,000 individual
email addresses and names from all over the world.

To begin your lottery claim, please contact our agent below that have been
appointed for the processing of your claim with the email address below, to
begin the processing of your claim:

CONTACT NAME: AMBASSADEUR, JOHAN CRUIJFF.
CITY/ COUNTRY: AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS.
FREE SERVICE NUMBER: 0031-651-717-234
FAX NUMBER:0031-847-161-309
EMAIL:superbal01@netscape.net

Note that all winning must be claimed not later than 13th of June 2006.
After this date all unclaimed funds will be included in the next stake.
Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and Complications please
remember to quote your reference number and batch numbers in all
correspondence. Furthermore, should there be any change of address do
inform our agent as soon as possible.

Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for being
part of our promotional program.

Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.

Yours Sincerely,

MR. P. NEUTEBOOM


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