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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: joyc rub <joyc@joycrub.orangehome.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2006 17:55:27 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: FROM JOYCE RUBBEN YOUR DETAILS!!!


FROM JOYCE RUBBEN YOUR DETAILS!!!

WORLD LOTTERIES BIGGEST PRIZE AWARD
LELYSTAD, NETHERLANDS
ZUIVERWEG 89 8243 PE AMSTERDAM
http://www.thelotter.com


Dear Beneficiary,

Taking judicial notice of our first quarter Free Lottery official publication of beneficiary results, you have been selected to receive a cash prize award of $ 950.000 USD (NINE Hundred And Fifty Thousand United State Dollar) Category “C” made in your favor on the 26th of September 2006 by THE LOTTER Benelux regional office for Netherlands and Belgium, in conjunction with the foundation for the promotion of software products. Visit our confirmation service at http://www.thelotter.com /Subscriptionnewn.asp.

This promotional award program is organized in order to raise awareness and to promote our services and products the world over, under the able sponsorship of Microsoft foundation in conjunction with other lottery companies.

As a winner, you are therefore advised to contact the processing office immediately upon receipt of this message for more information concerning the verification, processing and subsequent remittance of this awarded prize to you.

TheLotter.com was founded and is wholly owned and operated by Globins Limited. TheLotter.com was established in order to respond to the need for a global marketing service for lottery tickets and to enable the free and unlimited purchase of tickets from all the world's official lotteries through the web - perhaps the only product in the world today still limited to local vending. Visit our website at http://www.thelotter.com

In order to reach this goal; we have been placing tremendous efforts and resources towards establishing a world wide operation with proven capabilities which handles the marketing of most of the world's leading official lotteries. Therefore we do organize from time to time, some free prize draws to benefit the public in general and lottery players
in particular. This is our own way of making our services and products known to the public and also to boost our image the world over.

We've spent much time and effort analyzing and defining the user's needs, along with our leading business partners, in order to give you a friendly, easy, safe and reliable tool, to accommodate your every wish and beyond - as far as the variety of products and services, lottery information and your own personal activity in this site; so feel free to mail us your suggestions and remarks - we promise to do whatever is possible so that the system will keep accommodating as many of our users' needs and preferences as possible, all within the limits of our chosen goal of marketing the world's official lottery games.

As a winner of this award, you are hereby informed that it is your responsibility to comply with the laws and regulations of the gaming authorities including any transfer fee and costs of securing all legal documents approving the payment of this award to you, existing in the country where payment has to be effected to you. We are currently
working towards establishing regional offices, in order to better our service and interaction with you - our client. Therefore to get there you must bring out your own contribution to help us to serve you better. Good Luck. http://www.infocustomer supports@thelotter.com ,

It is important to note that your award information was released today the 28th of September 2006 with the following particulars attached to it.

Lottery Award Security code number: TLSC/XX 496/01/32/67XX

Please contact our under listed processing agents THE fiducialagents (FINANCIAL CONSULTANT/PAYMENT SERVICES) OFFICE, operating in this region within three working days upon receipt of this information to immediately claim your award.

You are required to mention your Lottery Award Security code number above in every correspondence addressed to the processing agents and you are also requested to provide the below information under pains of your award being disqualified.

INFORMATION TO BE PROVIDED BY YOU:

Full Name of Award Beneficiary:
Address:
City/State:

Profession:
Company Business:

Nationality:
Sex:
Age:

Winning Email Address:
Passport / Id N0:

Tel:
Fax:


AMOUNT OF AWARD

In Figures:


Lotto Security code No:


CONTACT INFORMATION OF OUR FIDUCIAL AGENTS:

THE LOTTER REGIONAL FIDUCIAL
CONSULTANTS NETHERLANDS


RUB DE JONG
MANAGER


PETER DE HAMM
PUBLIC RELATIONS

TEL: + 31 649 20 60 14
TEL: + 31 647-218-283
Fax: + 31-84-747-8241

EMAIL: fiducialagents@aim.com

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Sincerely,


JOYCE RUBBEN,
REGIONAL ONLINE PROMOTION MANAGER
THE LOTTER BELGIUM & NETHERLANDS
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