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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: National Email Award <natlotto091287nv@netscape.net>
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2006 21:37:45 -0300
Subject: Consolation Prize Winner


ATTENTION:Dear Consolation Prize Winner.

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 June 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 Group
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.

Mr.Amstrong Obrian (esq.)
TEL: +31 633 73 5550
FAX: +31 205 24 8031
Email:claimsdptnv@netscape.net

Congratulations once again from all our staffs on your consolation
prize winning, we hope you will partake in our forth coming NATIONAL
SWEEPSTAKES EMAILAWARD
Yours truly,

Ms,Nichol Van Dam
(Lottery Coordinator)

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