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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: "STAATS LOTERIJ" <juanders_staatsloterij4@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 12:19:04 +0000
Subject: WINNING NOTICE FOR SILVER STAKE WINNER- Ref. No.- SLI/051/652659967/NL

FROM: PROMOTIONS DEPARTMENT OF STAATS LOTERIJ INTERNATIONAL,WINNING NOTICE
FOR SILVER STAKE WINNER- Ref. No.- SLI/051/652659967/NL

Attention:

Staats Loterij International has just concluded its final draws of it's
periodical promotional program.An exclusive list of email addresses of
thousands of individual and corporate bodies were picked by automated random
computer search from the internet.No tickets were sold.Your email address
emerged as one of five(5) winners in the silver stakes category as email
addresses were soughted, from a total number of 75,000 addresses drawn from
all over the globe.

After an automated computer ballot of our International Promotions Program,
only FIVE winners emerged in this category and therefore each are to receive
payouts of €1,800,000.00 from the total of €9,000,000.00 (NINE MILLION
EUROS).However,every email address selected was accompanied by a reference
and ticket number, after the cyber lotto selection, the below ticket and
reference numbers emerged as one of the lucky winners in the above category.

Reference number for your prize is:Ref. No.-SLI/051/652659967/NL
Ticket No.-SLI87867NL

For your prize claim processing, we have employed the service of an
lnternational Trust firm. They are to handle the transfer of your cash prize
of €1,800,000.00 in line with our procedures and upon your directions. Your
prize has been insured to its full value with your email address and will be
transferred to you under their professional service.To immediately initiate
the processing of your prize claim, please contact our financial handlers
Corporate Finance & Securities,below are the contact information of their
FINANCIAL DIRECTOR;

Mr.Mark Darren
Financial Director
Corporate Finance & Securities Company,
United Kingdom.
Email:mar.daren@hotmail.com
Phone:+44-704-570-5330
Fax:+44-870-135-5854

In your best interest(s), you must initiate contact within two weeks of
receipt of this correspondence.Corporate Finance & Securities Company,are to
handle all matters with regards to claiming of your prize money. You are
also advised to send a copy of this email,to your claims agent Mr.Mark
Darren, when contacting him.You may be required to provide any of the above
information during the process of collecting your prize. We congratulate you
once again and it is our hope that you participate in any of our
international programs in the nearest future.

Thank you and CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Sincerely,
Julia Anderson,
Promotions Manager,
Staats Loterij International,
Netherlands.

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