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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: "fhsfd sertgr" <karsten.nl150@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 19:12:33 +0000
Subject: SEND YOUR REPLY EMAIL.VERY URGENT.

SEND YOUR REPLY EMAIL.VERY URGENT.

BATCH NO; 13031894-NL-07
REFERENCE NO ; NL7534 -437 - 3433
TICKET NO; 966333-3443.

WE ARE PLEASED TO INFORM YOU OF THE RESULT OF THE KRASLOTEN LOTTO EMAIL
WINNERS PROGRAM HELD ON 19TH OF APRIL 2007.YOUR EMAIL I.D.ADDRESS HAS BEEN
SELECTED AS ONE OF OUR LUCKY WINNER EMAIL OWNER I.D.ADDRESS FOR A LUMP SUM
PAYOUT OF EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND EUROS (€800,000.00).

TO FILE AND CLAIM YOUR WINNING . CONTACT YOUR CLAIM AGENT OFFICE ;
winneremail2006@netscape.net

PLEASE YOU HAVE TO SEND YOUR REPLY EMAIL ALONG WITH YOUR FULL NAMES, YOUR
WINNING INFORMATION AND YOUR CONTACT TELEPHONE NUMBERS.
NOTE. CONTACT THE PROCESSING OFFICER. PLEASE DON'T FORGET TO SEND YOUR
CONTACT TELEPHONE NUMBERS WITH YOUR COUNTRY TELEPHONE CODE NUMBERS.

KRASLOTEN LOTTO VERIFICATION
DEPT – PROCESSING AGENCY.
MR.FRANK GARRIK
EMAIL; winneremail2006@netscape.net
TELEPHONE:0031-62088-1205.

CONGRATULATION FOR YOUR WINNING
MRS. MABEL VAN KEN
LOTTERY COORDINATOR
KRASLOTEN LOTTO.

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