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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: ROYAL AMSTER INT. <royalamster7@tangana.com>
Date: Tue, 06 Jun 2006 07:03:57 +0200
Subject: (Your Email Won the Category A + (Plus)..Contact your claims officer !


(Your Email Won the Category A + (Plus)..Contact your claims officer !

ROYAL AMSTER INT.
PRIZE AWARD DEPT.

REF No: ANG/257-ILBI0531/07
BATCH No: DENP/15/096/1
TICKET No:20511465463-7644
SERIAL No: 472-9768-98
LUCKY No: 8-66-97-22-65-99


WINNING EMAIL NOTIFICATION.

Dear Lucky Winner,

Compliments of the season,Congratulations to you as we bring to your notice, the results of the Free Email Computer Ballot Jackpot 'Category A + (Plus) of ROYAL AMSTER INT.
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Lottery Winners International programs held today.
Your E-mail address attached to Ticket number 20511465463-7644 with Serial number 472-9768-98 drew the lucky numbers 8-66-97-22-65-99,which consequently won in the 1st category, you have therefore been approved for a lump sum payout of Eur.1,500,000.00 (One Million Five Hundred Euros).

This is from a total cash prize of Eur.9,000,000.00 Million shared amongst six International Lucky Winners in the Category A + (Plus).

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

This lottery is a promotional program by ROYAL AMSTER INT.
(Biggest lottery Organization in Belgium/The Netherlands) to
advertise to the world its existence.

All participants were selected through a computer ballot systemdrawn from over 50,000 companies and 2,000,000 individual email addresses from all over the world, as part of our international promotions program, which we intend to conduct several times a year.
Be informed that your documents have to pass our authority
to obtain a clearance, which shall be attached to your document in readiness of the subsequent onward transfer into your nominated mode of payment within 48 hours of completion of the authentication.
Due to the possibility of unscrupulous individuals filing a
double claim, we suggest that you keep this award strictly
confidential until your claim has been processed and notarized and your certificate of award obtained. This is in conformity with the lottery claim regulations by our Organization & the Netherlands Gaming Control Board.

This is part of our security protocol measures to avoid
double claiming and unwarranted abuse ofthis program by some participants/non participants.
All winnings must be claimed not later than 15th june 2006. After this date all unclaimed funds will be included in the next stake. Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.

To file for your claim, please contact claims officer with contacts below:

CONTACT:

(CLAIMS OFFICER.)
Mr. R. Debota.
Tel:0031-613-839-644
Fax:0031-847-273-024
Reply To Claims Office Email: royalamster@iwon.com

NOTE: All winnings must be notarized and a certificate of award must be obtained from the Netherlands Gaming Control Board to complete to effect transfer of your winning prize.
Winners are responsible for their legal/cost of transfer charges.

In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications,
provide the following when replying:

Name:
Nationality:
Country of
Residence:
Occupation:
Tel number:
Ref no:
Batch no:

Delays will compel us to disperse your funds,
in other words, we shall divert your funds as stated above.
Kindly remember to quote your reference number number in all correspondence.

Finally, we call on you to make sure that you save a copy of this mail and note every letter clearly as stated for we will not be held responsible should there be any complications in this transaction due to laxity on your part.
Congratulations once more from our members of
staff and thank you for being part of our promotional
program.

Yours truly,
Yvonne Van Oort.
(Co-ordinator)

NOTICE: You have received this message from prize
dept. at your winning e-mail address because you have emerged a winner.If you are not the intended recipient, you must not,directly or indirectly,use, disclose,distribute, print or copy any part of this message. If you believe you have received this message in error,please delete it and all copies of it from your system and notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail.


************DO NOT DELETE THIS MESSAGE**********

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