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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: "gilbert kerry" <seemessage-91@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2006 08:14:40 -0500
Subject: YOU HAVE WON!!

YOU HAVE WON!!
LOTTO NL. INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE
AWARD DEPARTMENT

Koningen Julianaplein 12, 2456 BD
Denhaag, The Netherlands
RESULTS FOR CATEGORY "A" DRAWS

Dear Sir/Madam,

Congratulations to you as we bring to your notice, the results of the First
Category draws of THE LOTT NL.PROMO INT. We are happy to inform you that you
have emerged as a winner under the First Category, which is part of our
promotional draws. The results of the draws hve been officially announced .
Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
2,500,000 email addresses of individuals and companies from Africa, America,
Asia,Australia, Europe, Middle East, and Oceania as part of our
International Promotions Program.

Your e-mail address, attached to ticket number 34563,with serial number
643-1234 and lucky number W-789993/B4 consequently won in the First
Category. You have therefore been awarded a lump sum pay out of 1,000,000
(One Million Euros), which is the winning payout for Category A winners.
This is from a total cash prize of ?10,000,000.00 (Ten Million Euros) shared
amongst the first Ten (10) lucky winners in this category.
In your best interest to avoid mix up of numbers and names of any kind, we
request that you keep the entire details of your award strictly from public
notice until the process of transferring your claims has been completed, and
your funds remitted to your account.This is part of our security protocol to
avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by Participants/nonparticipants
of this program. Please contact our agent representative immediately for due
processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated account of
your choice:

NOTE: For easy reference and identification, find below your Reference and
Batch numbers. Remember to quote these numbers in your correspondence to
our agent.Also give them the following informations
Name
Age
Address
Occupation
REF Number: NM/BC64367/KY23
BATCH No: NM/34w45/WOP.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Your fund is now deposited with the paying Bank. To begin your claims,
kindly contact the paying bank with the below information:
***********************************************
Contact person:Mr Arnold Hansman
E-mail: financestandtrust@excite.com
E-Mail:financestanard1@netscape.net
Tel: :31-644-933-368
Fax: :31-84-72-212-34

***********************************************
NOTE: All claims are nullified after 10 working days from today if unclaimed
Congratulations once again from all our staffs, and thank you for being
part of our promotions
program.

Yours Sincerely,

Mr. Arnold Hansman
(Lottery Coordinator).

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