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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: "NL GAMING BOARD" <lot-unit001zuae@fsmail.net>
Date: Sun, 04 Feb 2007 14:22:07 +0200
Subject:

CONGRATULATIONS_YOU HAVE BEEN CHOSEN AS THE WINNER !!!


LOTTERIJ INTERNATIONAL AWARD
PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
WESTHAVENWEG 65A
1042AL DEN HAAG.
WWW.LOTTO.NL

RESULTS FOR CATEGORY "A" DRAWS

Dear Sir/Madam,

Congratulations to you as we bring to your notice, the
results of the Second Category Draws of Lotterij Int held
on the 31st of January 2007. We are happy to inform you
that you have emerged as a winner under the First
Category, which is part of our promotional draws. The
results of the draws have been officially announced.

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

Your e-mail address, attached to ticket number 758 46939,
with serial number 472-97168 and lucky number
W-91237-H67/B4 consequently won in the First Category. You
have therefore been awarded alump sum pay out of
$1,110,000 (One Million One Hundred and Ten Thousand
United States Dollars),which is the winning payout for
Category A winners.

This is from a total cash prize of $10,000,000.00 (Ten
Million United States Dollars) shared amongst the first
Ten (10) lucky winners in this category.

In your 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 beencompleted, and
your funds remitted to your account. This is part of our
security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous
acts by Participants/no participants of this program.
Please contact your claim
agent immediately for due processing and remittance of
your prize money to a designated Bank account of yours

NOTE: For easy reference and identification, find below
your Reference and Batch numbers. Remember
to quote in your correspondence with the following
information's
Name
Address
Country
Telephone Number
REF Number: NM/BC921245/KY14
BATCH No: NM/207161/WOP.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Your Fund is now deposited with the paying Bank. To begin
your claims, kindly contact our claim officer and legal
adviser in the United Kingdom with the details below,

GOFFIN TRUST & SECURITIES
5 Barraclough Square,
Wyke Bradford, United Kingdom.
Tel: +44 774 785 2643
Fax: +44 871 264 0246
E-mail : goffin001aim@aim.com
Contact Person: Mr. Patrick Iston
***********************************************
NOTE: All winning must be claimed not later than 20
working days from this notification
Congratulations once again from management and staffs of
Lotterij International Promotion
Program, and thank you for being part of our promotions
program.
Yours Faithfully,
Mrs. R. Jacobs
(The Promotion Manager)




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