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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: tamara@tamara4.orangehome.co.uk
Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2006 13:51:28 +0100 (CET)
Subject: CONTACT!!ANTHONY HANS.


CONTACT!!ANTHONY HANS.
European Promotional Draws Amsterdam Netherlands.

Dear Lucky Winner,
THE EUROPEAN SOFTWARE MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION PROMOTION PRIZE AWARDS WINNING NOTIFICATION.

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual final draws of The European Software Manufacturers Association Annual Promo Draws.

The online European Software Manufacturers Association Annual Promo draws was conducted by a random selection of email addresses from an exclusive list of 29,031 E-mail addresses of individuals and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search from the internet. However, no tickets were sold but all email addresses were assigned to different ticket numbers for representation and privacy.

After this automated computer ballot, your e-mail address emerged as one of twelve winners in the second category with the following data:
Ref Number: MMCAN/652311872/06
Batch Number: 074/06/369MM

You as well as the other winners are therefore to receive a cash prize of Euros1,500,000.00 (ONE MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND EUROS ONLY) each from the total payout.

Your prize award has been insured with your e-mail address and will be transferred to you upon meeting the requirements, statutory obligations, verifications, validations and satisfactory report.

To begin the claims processing of your prize winnings you are advised to contact our licensed and accredited Claims Manager for SECOND category winners with the information below:
Mr. Anthony Hans.
Promo Claims Manager.
Email:lottonl999@aim.com
Tel- +31-619020980.
Fax:+31-84-727-5438
Remember to quote your reference information in all correspondence with your claims agent.
Members of the affiliate agencies are automatically not allowed to participate in this program.
Please be warned! Fraudulent emails are circulating that appear to be using Lotto Netherlands addresses, but are not from Lotto Netherlands. PLEASE REPORT IMMEDIATELY TO: ANY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENT NEAREST TO YOU.

Yours faithfully,
Tamara Brown (Mrs.).
ESMA Games/Lottery Coordinator



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