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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: <cutservicesittcp@aim.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 04:27:35 +0900
Subject: LOTTO NL. INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS

LOTTO NL. INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE
AWARD DEPARTMENT
Koningen Julianaplein 21, 2391 BD
Denhaag, The Netherlands
www.lotto.nl


CONFIRMATION OF RESULTS FOR ELECTRONIC EMAIL WINNERS



CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!


Congratulations to you as we bring to your notice, the results of the electronic email users,selected in the lotto NL international lottery promotions. We are happy to inform you that you have emerged as a winner under the Second Category which is part of our annual promotional draws. The results of the draws have been officially announced, and you emerged as a winner.Kindly do not have doubt over your participation in this lottery, as all Participants were selected through an electronic computer ballot system for all email users drawn from over 2,500,000 email addresses of individuals and companies from Africa, America, Asia,Australia, Europe, Middle East, Oceania, North American, and South American.


Your e-mail address, attached to ticket number NL1267OPLT,with serial number WO-170Z-X and lucky number 12,34,90,00,63,10 consequently won in the Second Category. You have therefore been approved to receive the sum of 1,000,000 (One Million Euros), which is the winning payout for Second Category winners.This is from a total cash prize of 10,000,000.00 (Ten Million Euros) which is the total sum for the Ten (10) lucky winners in this category.


In your best interest, Kindly keep your winning and batch numbers confidential to avoid mix up of numbers and names of any kind. We advice that you keep your winning informations out of the general public inorder to avoid someone taking advantage of your winning information, untill your funds have been 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 paying bank immediately for due processing and remittance of your prize money.


NOTE: For easy reference and identification, find below your Reference and Batch numbers. Remember to quote these numbers in your correspondence with your paying bank.Also give them the following informations

FULL NameS:

Telephone numbers and fax:

Age:

Address:

Occupation:

REF Number:LST/006/NL/LT1

BATCH No: BAT/LTNL/1236/0TY



Kindly be informed that your funds are presently deposited at the Automated suspence account.To begin your claims, You are adviced to immediately open an account with the laagstehypotheekofferte.nl Bank to facilitate the transfer of your funds immediately. kindly contact the paying bank with the below information:

***********************************************
Contact person:Mr VON VATT
laagstehypotheekofferte.nl
Amsterdarm,Netherlands
E-mail: custservices114@aim.com
Tel:0031-616-711-817
Fax:0031-847-235-420.

***********************************************

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,
Mrs. Van-Bruce Florence
online co-ordinator



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