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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: "psofeurolottery@gawab.com" <psofeurolotterywqigmcnv@gawab.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 05:31:52 +0800
Subject:


Sir/Madam.


We are delighted to inform you, of your winning which was released on the
9th of June 2006, from Psof Euro International Lottery programme.Which is
fully based on an electronic selection of winners using their e-mail
addresses from selected sites.

Your email address was attached to ticket number; 47001725.07056490102 and
Serial Number 7741134002. This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows
5-13-33-37-42 and bonus number 17,which consequently won the lottery in the
second category.
You hereby have been approved a lump sum pay of 350,000.00 (THREE HUNDRED
AND FIFTHY THOUSAND EUROS) in cash credited to file ref: ILP/HW 47509/09
from the total winning prize, shared amongst eight lucky winners in this
category.

All participants were selected through a computer balloting system drawn
form Nine Hundred Thousand E-mail addresses from Canada, Australia,United
States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our
International promotion programwhich is conducted annually.

This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomorate of some
multinational
companies as part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the
commmunities where they have an Operational base. Furthermore, your
details(e-mailaddress) falls within our European office in Amsterdam,
Holland as indicated in your play coupon.,

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE:

If you are a Non Resident winner, you will need the legalisation of the
Dutch High Court, and clearance of from the Dutch Gaming Board, before you
prize win money
can be remitted to you. To this end you will need the services of a Claim
agent. We have appointed one, on your behalf in line with the Dutch Gaming
regulation.


You will find as follows the contact details of your claim agent:

QUAD CLAIMS BV
669 Florijn 1102 BA
Tel; +31 616 231 495
Fax: +31 847 218 225
E-Mail: aimquad@aim.com
Amsterdam
Netherlands

For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information
confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your prize
released to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double
claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this programme by
non-participants or unofficial personnel. Note, all winnings MUST be claimed
by the 25th of June, 2006; otherwise all funds will be returned as
Unclaimed.


On behalf of the staff and memeber of the Psof Euro International Lottery
programme , we do congratulate you, once again on your winning.

Sincerely Yours
Becky Anderssen
Psof Euro International Lottery programme
E-Mail: psofeurolottery@gawab.com





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