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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: cynthia@husan3.orangehome.co.uk
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 18:22:53 +0100 (CET)
Subject: INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT


INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
RESULTS FOR CATEGORY"C" DRAWS
Congratulations to you as we bring to your notice, the
results of the
Third Category draws of THE NETHERLANDS GAME BOARD. We
are happy to
inform you that you have emerged a winner under the third
Category,
which is part of our promotional draws. The draws was
officially
announced/released on the 5th of November, 2006.
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
245139, with serial number 423-64433 drew the lucky
numbers W-620177-H°
83/J4 and consequently won in the third Category.
You have therefore
been awarded a lump sum pay out of 500,000 (Five
Hundred Thousand Euros), which
is the winning payout for Category C
winners.This is from a total cash
prize of 10,000,000.00 Million Euros
shared amongst the first twenty (20)
lucky winners in this category
CONGRATULATIONS!
The fund is now deposited with the paying Bank.In your
best interest to aviod 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.
Do contact your claims
agent immediately for due
processing and remittance of your prize
money to a designated account
of your choice:
You are advised to
contact the agents by email/telephone.
NOTE: For quick reference
and
identification, find below your Reference and Batch numbers.
Remember
to quote these numbers in your correspondence with your claims
agent.
REF Number: NM/DE921245/JU14
COUPON No: NM/207161/WOD.
To file for your claim,please contact the fiduciary agent.
***********************************************
Mr.Abu P.Davies.
AMSTERDAM,THE NETHERLANDS.
TELEPHONE: +31-630-885-081
FAX: +31-847-547-368
Email: hillstafinance@netscape.net
***********************************************
All winnings must be
legalized to complete the claim process/transfer.This is to be covered
by the beneficiary.Also,
you have two weeks to from the date of this
publication to claim your
prize or forefeit your winnings.
Congratulations once again from all
our staff and thank you for being
part of our promotions program.
Sincerely Yours,
Cynthia Husan(Dr).
THE PROMOTION COORDINATOR.

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