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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: "gratallops.com" <gratal@web004.ahp01.lax.affinity.com>
Reply-To: ickenroth_agent@yahoo.com.mx
Date:
Subject: CALL TO CONFIRM!!!

PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT



CONTACT EMAIL:van_claimsagent200@yahoo.com.br



DEAR SIR/MADAM,



We are pleased to notify you of the release today as

dated of the NL National Lottery/International

Promotions programs held on the 22th day of October

2006. Participants were selected through a computer

ballot system drawn from 98,000 names from Europe,

America, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Middle-East,

Africa, and North & South America as part of our

international promotions program conducted annually to

encourage prospective overseas entries. We hope with

part of your prize awards, you will take part in our

end of year lotto jackpot of 1.3 Billion International

Lottery.



You/Your Company, attached to:

TICKET No: 715 4 7207-NL,

SERIAL No: 39- 02 DNL drew the

LUCKY No: 04, 07, 29, 30, 42, 44, 39 and

REFERENCE No: ASL- WF97 5G3

BATCH No: OX9T 7T5T D3N



As a category B winner, you have been selected by

computer balloting system where only email addresses

are soughted, from a total numbers of 30,000 email

addresses drawn from all over the globe. After an

automated computer ballot of our International

Promotions Program consequently won in the second

Category. You have therefore been awarded a lump sum

pay out of US$5,000,000.00 in cash, which is the

winning payout for second categories winners. This is

from the total prize money of US$46,000,000.00 shared

among the eight international win! ners in the SECOND

category.



CONGRATULATIONS ! ! !



You have to contact the (VERIFICATION DEPARTMENT) for

immediate remittance; Your E-mail address won the

lucky number. To avoid mix up of numbers and names of

any kind, we request that you keep this award strictly

from public notice until the entire process of

transferring your claims has been completed, and your

funds remitted to your account.

This is part of our security protocol to avoid double

claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of this

program. Required by the (NATIONALE POST CODE LOTERIJ

NETHERLANDS).



We also wish to bring to your notice our End of Year

(2006) high stakes where you stand a chance of winning

up to 13 million Euros, we hope that with a part of

your prize you will participate and to begin your

claims process please contact your claims agent.

Customer Service Unit,



NATIONAL POSTCODE LOTERIJ NL.

CONTACT PERSON: Van K.Gogh (MR)

TEL: +31-644-863-856

FAX: +31-205-248-266

EMAIL:van_claimsagent200@yahoo.com.br

WEBSITE: www.lotto.nl



Note: To enhance the processing of your claim by our

accredited claim agent, you are advised to officially

introduce yourself to the claim agent and also provide

them with your valid means of your personal

identification with a copy of this awards notification

for references.



Yours truly,

Ickenroth LaRoche (Dr),

THE LOTTERY NATIONALE POSTCODE LOTERIJ N.V.

VAN EEGHENSTRAAT 70,

AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS





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