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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: Van K.Gogh <vangoghoffice@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2006 07:16:48 -0500
Subject: CALL TO CONFIRM,


PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARDS ! ! !

PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT

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 10th day of November
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 ß?? 4 ß?? 7207-NL,
SERIAL No: 39- 02 ß?? DNL drew the
LUCKY No: 04, 07, 29, 30, 42, 44, 39 and
REFERENCE No: ASL- WF97 ß?? 5G3
BATCH No: OX9T ß?? 7T5T ß?? 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:agent_vangogh@yahoo.com.hk
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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