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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: "wendy smith" <giroclaiming06@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2007 14:36:51 +0100
Subject: CONTACT MR. ROBERT DANIEL VAN.

CONTACT MR. ROBERT DANIEL VAN.
FROM:BANK GIRO LOTERIJ INTERNATIONAL
PROMOTION PRIZE AWARD DEPT.
REF: DRF/768695/0459
BATCH: 87/765/734/NL

Dear Winner,

Following official publication of results of the E-mail electronic online
Sweepstakes organized by the Bank giro loterij corporation, the Slidecircuir
award and the Heineken prizes in conjunction with the foundation for the
promotion of software products, (F.P.S.), held on the 11th of January, 2007,
in Amsterdam The Netherlands, wherein your electrononic email address
emerged as one of the online winning emails in the 1st category and
therefore attracted a cash award of 1,000,000 Euros (One million Euros
only),

We write to officially notify you of this award and to advise you to contact
the processing office immediately upon receipt of this message for more
information concerning the verification processing and eventual payment of
the above prize to you.

It is important to note that your award information was released today the
13th of January 2007 with the following particulars attached to it.

(I) Award numbers: TL 76/43211
(ii) Email ticket number: th654/56/98
(iii) The file REFERENCE NUMBER:: KG/87656/65/09

Please contact the claim agents within 5 working days to facilitate the
release of your prize, You are required to mention the above particulars of
your award in every correspondence addressed to the processing agents.

CONTACT NAME: MR. ROBERT DANIEL VAN.
CITY/ COUNTRY: AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS.
FREE SERVICE NUMBER: 0031-620-868-138
FAX NUMBER:0031-847-161-309
EMAIL:winsuperball001@netscape.net

The Bank giro loterij Awards is sponsored by a consortium of software
promotion companies.The Intel Group,Toshiba, Dell Computers, Microsoft and
other international companies.

The Bank giro loterij internet draw is held periodically and is so organized
to encourage the use of the internet and promote computer literacy
worldwide.

We are proud to say that over 20 Million Euro are won annually in more than
150 countries worldwide.

Remember, all winning must be claimed not later than 27th of January, 2007.

Please note, in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications,
remember to quote your reference number and batch number in all
correspondence.

Once again on behalf of all our staff, CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Sincerely,

Mrs. Wendy Smith.
Promotions Coordinator

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