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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: "LOTTO.NL" <infol2006s@zwallet.com>
Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2006 21:28:40 -0600
Subject: CONGRATULATION YOU HAVE WON THE LOTTO

LOTTO.NL
Patenleen 23, 2288ee Rijwik
Den Haag, the Netherlands.
(Lotto aff<B>i</B>liate with Subscriber Agents).
From: Joan Van Henk (Lotto Coordinator)
<SPAN>Website: www.lotto.nl

AT</SPAN>TN: YOU ARE WON C0NTACT OUR PAYING BANK.

We are pleased to inform you of<STRONG> th</STRONG>e result of the Lotto NL W<SPAN>inner</SPAN>s International programs held on the 15th June 2006.Your e-mail address attached to ticket #<U>:</U>00903228100 with prize # 778009/UK drew
1,000,000.00 which was first in the 2ndclass of the draws. You are to receive1<STRONG>,0</STRONG>00,000.00 (one Million Euros).Because of mix up in cash pay-outs, we ask that you keep your winning information confidential <B>u</B>ntil your money (1,000,000.00) has been fully remitted to you by our accr<SPAN>edi</SPAN>ted pay-point bank.

This measure must be adhere to avoid loss of
your cas<STRONG>h </STRONG>prize - winners of our cash prizes are advised to adhere to these instructions to forestall the abuse o<SPAN>f this p</SPAN>rogram by other
participants. It's important to n<I>ot</I>e that this draws were conducted formally, and winners are selected<S> </S>through an internet ballot system from 60,000 individual and companies e-mail addresses - the draws are conducted around<B> t</B>he world through our internet based ballot system. The promotion is sponsored and promoted by Lotto-NL. We congratulate you once<EM> ag</EM>ain.
We hope you will use <FONT face=Courier>p</FONT>art of it in our next draws, the jackpot winning is ?85million.

Remember, al<B>l</B> winning must be claimed not later than 20 days from today. After this date all uncl<EM>a</EM>imed cash prize will be forfeited and included in the next sweepstake.

Please, in order to avoid unnecessar<SPAN>y delays and complications remember t</SPAN>o quote personal and winning numbers in all<STRIKE> </STRIKE>
correspondence with us. Congratulations once again from all members of Lotto NL. Thank you for being part of our promotional program.
For im<I>me</I>diate release of your cash prize to you, please kindly contact our paying bank address below. Send them the foll<S>o</S>wing information's:

(i) Your names.
(ii) Contact<SPAN> telephone and fax numbers.

(iii)</SPAN> Contact Address.
(iv) Your winning numbers.
(v) Quote amount wo<I>n.</I>
{vi} Notification Date.

Contact person: Mr. Patrick<S> </S>Rowley
Email:leedbv@netscape.net
Tel: 00 31 633 701 450

Congrat<I>u</I>lation once again
Your in service,
Joan Van Henk (Lotto Coordinater}



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