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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: "Your Email Result (Won)" <remitance@aim.com>
Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2007 13:21:38 -0900
Subject: Your Email Result (Won)

UNIVERSAL LOTTERY DEPARTMENT
THE-NETHERLANDS (NL/NATIONAL LOTTERY).
DAALWIJK 112, HARLEM 144A.
AMSTERDAM THE NETHERLANDS.
Ref: NL/1121/76.
Batch #: 3442/756/G/NL.
LOTTERY #: NL233/4541X.
DEAR WINNER:



We happily announce to you the Draw Number: 1-3-4-9-NL of the
THE-NETHERLANDS INTERNET UNIVERSAL LOTTERY DEPARTMENT Program held on Monday
18th February 2007. Your e-mail address attached to Ticket Number:
436/234/529NL, Serial Number: 5669/06NL drewing the Winning Numbers:
2-7-19-3-02 with (Bonus No.13), which subsequently won you the lottery in
the 1St. category (i.e.) match 4 lucky numbers plus Bonus No.14 Our winners
are arranged into four categories with different winning prizes accordingly
in each category.
They are arranged in this format below:

CATEGORY NO.OF WINNERS WINNING PRIZES
1st. 10 EURO,
800,000:00 each.

Your e-mail won you the prize in the 2ND category, You have therefore been
approved to claim the total sum of EURO, 800,000:00 (Eight Hundred Thousand
Euros) in cash credited to file. This is from a total cash prize of 10
Million Euros, shared among the first Ten (10) lucky winners in this
category.
All participants in this online version were selected randomly from World
Wild Web sites through computer ballot draw system and extracted from over
100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online.
This promotion takes place annually.
Your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet representative
office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your
EURO ,800,000:00 (Eight Hundred Thousand Euros ) will be released to you by
any of our payment offices in Europe. Our European agent will immediately
commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you
contact him. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning
information confidential till your claim is processed and your money
remitted to you.This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double
claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned.
We hope you do understand the contents of this draws; The jackpot winning
is ..85million Euro. Remember, all winning must be claimed not later than 30
Days . After this date all unclaimed cash prize will be forfeited. Please,
in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications remember to quote
personal and winning numbers in all correspondence with us .Congratulations
once again from all members of Lotto NL. Thank you for being part of our
promotional program of this year's winners,Send them the following..

(i) Your names..
(ii) Contact telephone and fax numbers
(iii) Contact Address
(iv) Your winning numbers
(v) Quote amount won.
***************************************************************************
**********************
Contact person: Gerald Peterson
(International Credit Department)
Email: europeanprogram@aim.com
Tel: +31-633-701-179
Fax+31-847-253-251
***************************************************************************
**********************
Congratulations, once again.
Yours in service,
Ms, Alice Vera.
(Secretary)


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