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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: "LOTTO.NL" <lotto.nl11@gawab.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 01:49:43 -1000
Subject: TICKET NUMBER: 46939894427

TICKET NUMBER: 46939894427
LOTTO NL. INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE
AWARD DEPARTMENT
RESULTS FOR CATEGORY "A" DRAWS

Dear Winner,

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual
final draws of the LOTTO NL. INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE. LOTTO NL draws
was conducted from an exclusive list of 25,000,000 e-mail addresses of
individual and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random
computer ballot search from the internet as part of our international
promotions program which we conduct every year. No tickets were sold.

After this automated computer ballot, your e-mail address attached to
serial number 25-6565 drew the lucky numbers 6-13-18-24-33-39 which
consequently emerged you as one of first fifty (10) lucky winners in this
category.You have therefore been approved for a lump sum payout of
€1,000,000.00 (One Million EURO) in cash credited to file LR/19-CH/4310.
This is from a total cash prize of €10,000,000 (Ten Million) Euro shared
amongst the first fifty (10) lucky winners in this category.

This year Lottery Program Jackpot is the largest ever for LOTTO NL. The
estimated €10 million jackpot would be the sixth-biggest in Europe history.
The biggest was the €163 million jackpot that went to two winners in a
Febuary 2000 drawing of The Big Game Mega Millions' predecessor.Your fund is
now deposited in an offshore bank with a hardcover insurance. Due to the mix
up of some numbers and names, we advice that you keep this award from public
notice until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to you as
this is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or
unwarranted taking advantage of this program by the general public.


NOTE: For easy reference and identification, find below your Reference and
Batch numbers. Remember to quote these numbers in your correspondence with
your paying bank.Also give them the following
informations
Name
Telephone numbers and fax
Age
Address
Occupation
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 the paying bank with the below information:

***********************************************
Contact person:Mr Patrick Rowley
International Remittance Officer
E-mail: unioncrbnk4@aim.com
Tel:0031 633 701 450
Fax: 00 31 847 570 900

Your claims agent will assist you in the processing and remittance of your
prize funds into your designated bank account.Note that all prize funds must
be claimed not later than One month. After this date all funds will be
returned to the LOTTERY TREASURY as unclaimed. In order to avoid unnecessary
delays and complications, please endeavor to quote your Reference and Batch
numbers in every correspondence with your agent. Furthermore, should there
be any change in your address, do inform your claims agent as soon as
possible.

Congratulations once again from all our staffs, and thank you for being
part of our promotions
program.

Yours Sincerely,
Mrs.Frenz Angela
online co-ordinator

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