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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: " N.S.E.A" <natnaemailbv@netscape.net>
Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2006 18:45:04 +0700
Subject: E-mail Promotion Winner # NL132478

ELECTRONIC MAIL AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION

ATTENTION:Dear Consolation Prize Winner,

NOTICE OF CONSOLATION PRIZE WINNING

This email confirms that you have been notified of by the NATIONAL
SWEEPSTAKES EMAIL AWARD PROMOTION PROGRAMMS of your email lottery
winning for 2006 NATIONAL SWEEPSTAKES EMAIL AWARD - Wheel E-game held on
28th February 2006.

We wish to congratulate you on the selection of your email coupon number,
which was selected among the 45 lucky consolation prize winners. Your email
ID identified with Coupon No.NL132478 and was selected by Electronic Random
Selection System (ERSS) with entries from the 50,000 different email
addresses enrolled for the Lotto-Wheel E-game. Your email ID included among
the 50,000 different email addresses where submitted by our partner
international email provider companies.
Ref Number:35149/337-5247/LNILottery Group: Consolation Prize
GroupSECURITY FILE NO:DL/678921/C11.REF: ICL/4245678609/LMR.BATCH:
ML/91663/BAN.
Prize Amount: €1000,000.00 (One million euro Only)

You are required to file claims for your lottery prize winning by
contacting the Lottery Claims Processing Officer with your winning
information provided above. and your,
Telephone phone number,Contact address and your profile.
Mr.Amstrong O’Brien(esq.)
TEL : +31 63 373-5550
FAX : +31-20-524-1416
Email : amstrobrian@netscape.net

Congratulations once again from all our staffs & Sponsorers on your
consolation prize winning,


Ms,Nichol Van Dam
(Lottery Coordinator)

breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to
disqualification. Winners under 18 yrs of age requires parental consent and
approval.

NATIONAL EMAIL SWEEPSTAKES AWARD PROMOTION PROGRAM.(NV)
NL.234875. Rc @tm

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This communication together with the information it contains is
1. Intended for the person/s and/or organization/s named above and for no
other person/s and/or organization/s,
and 2.May be confidential and protected by law.Unauthorised use, copying or
disclosure of any and/or all of it may be unlawful.
Should this communication be received in error, please contact me
immediately by means of a return email.
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