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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: Brenda van Grootmacht <info.lotteryservices@web.de>
Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2006 03:40:04 +0200
Subject: AS INSTRUCTED




Euro Lottery Services PLC (Netherlands)
Postbus 435
1940 AK Beverwijk
www.els-lotto.com [http://www.els-lotto.com]

Date: 13/08/2006

Dear Sir/Madam,

This is a formal notification of the just concluded final draws of the euro millions weekly promotional program.

The online cyber draws was conducted from an exclusive list of 300,000 email addresses of individuals and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer selection from the web. No tickets were sold.

After this automated computer ballot, your email address emerged as one of the five winners in category "B" with the followings:

Ref Number: EUM DN 0508-9T5
Batch Number: EUM QW-3LJ4
Ticket Number: 3510-EM 47
Serial Number: NPU-34
Lucky Number: 01 14 15 26 32

Bear in mind that prizes will strictly be remitted to winners that officially file in for their claim within the given time frame. To begin your claim, you are advised to immediately contact our accredited attorney with the details below.
Furnish the attorney with your full name, direct telephone/fax numbers and very important, your winning details.

Hulsman and Blake Advocaten
Mr. Richard van Heemsen
Klarenbeek 213 ASD
1104 KH Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS

Telephone: +31 627 364 498 (GMT +1)
Fax: +31 847 253 036
Email: richardvanheemsen@excite.it [mailto:richardvanheemsen@excite.it]

Your prize award has been insured with your email address and will be transferred to you upon meeting the requirement of the gaming board authority which includes your statutory obligations.

All winnings must be claimed within 14 working days. Any unclaimed prize will be returned to the treasury of Euro Lottery Services. You are advised to keep your winning details strictly to yourself and not share it with any individual or firm.

NOTE: You are to file in for the claim of 7.500.000,00 Euro (Seven Million Five Hundred Thousand Euro Only).

Thank you for being part of our program and on behalf of all our staff congratulations.


Brenda van Grootmacht
Program Coordinator

www.els-lotto.com [http://www.els-lotto.com]






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