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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: "PROF.SUSAN HENKE." <staatsloterijlottery@yahoo.de>
Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2006 00:00:19 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: YOU WON


STAATSLOTERIJ.NL-E.GAMES.
Paleisstraat 5, 2514 JA Den Haag,
Netherlands.
staatsloterijlottery@yahoo.de
www.staatsloterij.nl

FROM: THE PROMOTION DIRECTOR
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS DEPT.
REF: YPL/4249859609/WX5
BATCH: GLV/91663/AU

ATTN,WINNER,

RE:CONSOLATION PRIZE WINNER NOTICE.

Sir/Madam,

We are pleased to congratulate and inform you of the exclusive result of the staatsloterij
lottery program held on the th of 23 of June 2006. Your e-mail address attached to ticket
number: 34T 0012-11 with serial number: 23522-722, drew lucky numbers: 4-32-19-38-
21-47 which consequently won in the 2nd category. You have therefore been approved for
a lump sum pay-out of ?750.000.00 (SAVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND Euros).
All participants were selected by a computer ballot system drawn from over 35 thousand
company and 48 million dividual email addresses worldwide.

This promotional program is first of its kind. It was promoted and sponsored by eminent
personalities like the Sultan of Brunei. We hope that with part of your winning, you will
participate in our forthcoming 25 MILLION EURO GRAND SUPER. For security reasons,
we advise you to keep your Winning Information safe until your claim has been
processed and your prize fund remitted to you. This is a part of our security protocol to
curb double claiming attempts and unwarranted abuse of this system by unscrupulous
individuals. Please we shall relaunch our website immediately we finish fixing some
security issues to erase winner information vulnerabilities. You will be notified.

Please you are requested to come personally to file in your claim. However, if you cannot
make it to Netherlands, please contact the below approved Attorney by e-mail to help you
make your claim.

PETER .L. HERMANN
E-mail: lphconsultancy@aim.com

In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your
reference and batch numbers (Ref.: YPL/4249859609/WX5), Batch: (GLV/91663/AU) to
the attorney. Please remember that all winnings must be claimed not later than THREE
WEEKS FROM THE DATE OF NOTIFICATION. All unclaimed prizes will be null and void.

Furthermore, should there be any change of address do inform us as soon as possible.
Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for being part of our
promotional program.

Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.

Best wishes,

PROF.SUSAN HENKE.
THE PROMOTION DIRECTOR.
INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM (NL)

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