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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: Nationale Postcode Loterij.nl <postbnkcredcont@aim.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2007 11:28:46 +0100
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS(YOU HAVE WON)

NATIONALE POSTCODE LOTERIJ.NL
PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
WESTHAVENWEG 65A
1042AL AMSTERDAM

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 Nationale
postcode Lotterij Int held on the 6th of March 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 as
part 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 a
lump 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 been
completed, 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 account 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
Age
Address
Occupation
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 claims officer
and legal adviser with the details below,

POSTCODE TRUST & SECURITIES
Tel: +31-652-262-033
Tel: +31-204-601-497
Fax: +31-847-520-454
Email:info@infocontactweb.com
Contact Person: Mr. Greg Benjamin
***********************************************
NOTE: All winning must be claimed not later than 20 working days from this notification
Congratulations once again from management and staffs of Nationale postcode Lotterij International
Promotion Program, and thank you for being part of our promotions program.

Yours Faithfully,
Mrs. Ruth Peterson
(The Promotion Manager)

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