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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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Fraud email example:

From: vpieter24@email.it
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 06:31:31 +0200
Subject: Lucky Prize Winner!Congratulations



FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER, INTERNATIONAL
PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
THELOTTER PROMO LOTTERY,THE
NETHERLANDS.
CAMPERST 40-42 1091 AG
AMSTERDAM,NETHERLANDS.
REF: OYL /96510460037/05
BATCH: 24/00319/IPD
ATTENTION: RE/AWARD NOTIFICATION; FINAL NOTICE
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement of winners of the THELOTTER
PROMO LOTTERY,THE NETHERLANDS/INTERNATIONAL,PROGRAMMES held on June 30th,
2006
You are attached to ticket number 023-0148-790-459, with serial number
5073-11 drew the lucky numbers 43-11-44-37-10-40, and consequently won the
lottery in the 3rd category.You have therefore been approved for a lump sum
pay out of US$850,000.00 in cash credited to file REF
NO.OYL/96510460037/05.This is from total prize money of US$24,650,000.00
shared among the Twenty-Nine international winners in this category.
All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
25,000 names from Australia,New Zealand,America, Europe, North America and
Asia as part of International Promotions Program, which is conducted
annually.
CONGRATULATIONS!
Your fund is now deposited with a Security Firm in Amsterdam. Due to the mix
up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this award strictly from
public notice until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to
your account. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming
or unscrupulous acts by participants of this program. We hope with a part of
you prize, you will articipate in our end of year high stakes US$1.3 Million
International Lottery.
To begin your claim, please contact your claim agent;
MR REINHARDT
FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER, RAYMOND CROSSROAD, AMSTERDAM,
Email: reinhardw@lexpress.net
For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated
account of your choice. Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later
than July 31st,2006. After this date, all funds will be returned as
unclaimed.
NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please
remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in every one of your
correspondences with your agent. Furthermore, should there be any change of
your address, do inform your claims agent as soon as possible.
Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our
promotions programme.
Sincerely,
Mr.Alcocer
THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER, THELOTTER PROMO LOTTERY,THE NETHERLANDS.
N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to
disqualification.
SORRY FOR THE LATE INFORMATION THANKS
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