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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: "LOTTO NL" <laagbkbv1ygqhdvau@aim.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 23:24:09 +0600
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS YOU HAVE WON.

TICKET NUMBER: 46939894427
APPROVED 2ND CATEGORY LOTTO.NL WINNER
LOTTO NL. INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
RESULTS FOR DRAW "A" 2ND CATEGORY WINNING.
www.lotto.nl

Sir/Madam,

Congratulations to you as we bring to your notice, the results of the Second Category winning of the LOTTO.NL international lottery promotion. We are happy to inform you that you have emerged as a winner under
the second Category winning, which is part of our promotional draws. The results of the draws havebeen officially announced.

Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 2,500,000 email addresses of individuals and companies from Africa, America, Asia,Australia, Europe, Middle East, and Oceania as part of our
International Promotions Program.

Your e-mail address, attached to ticket number 46939,with serial number 472-9768 and lucky number W-91237-H?67/B4 consequently won in the second Category. You have therefore been awarded a lump sum
pay-out of 750,000 (Seven Hundred And Fifty Thousand Euros), which is the winning payout for draw A winners. This is from a total cash prize of 9,000,000.00 (Nine Million Euros) shared amongst the first Twelve
(12) lucky winners in this category.

In your own best interest to avoid mix up of numbers and names of any kind, we request that you keep the entire details of your award strictly from public notice until the 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/nonparticipants of this program. Please contact our accredited
claims agent immediately for due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated account of your choice:

NOTE: For easy reference and identification, find below your Reference and Batch numbers. Remember to quote these numbers in your correspondence with your claims agent. Remember to copy them the following
informations.

REF No: LN/BC921245/KY14.
BATCH No: LN/207161/WOP.
FULL NAME AND ADDRESS.
TELEPHONE NUMBER .
DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH .


CONGRATULATIONS!!! To begin your claims, kindly contact your approved agent with the below information:

***********************************************
Contact person: Mr Parick Rowley.
International Remittance Office
E-mail: laag@gawab.com
Tel: +31 633 701 450
***********************************************
NOTE: All claims are nullified within two weeks from today if unclaimed, congratulations once again from all members of staffs, and thank you for being part of our promotions program.

Yours Sincerely,
Mrs.Augustina White Manuel
online co-ordinator

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