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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" <infolothyowia@walla.com>
Date: Thu, 03 May 2007 15:21:45 +0300
Subject: You have won !!! Contact your paying bank

LOTTO.NL International Promotions/Prize
AWARD DEPARTMENT
Komasstraat 12/4461,
Diemen Amsterdam The Netherlands
Dear Sir/Madam,

Congratulations to you as we bring to your notice, the results of the First
Category
draws of THE LOTT NL.PROMO INT. 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 email
addresses of individuals and companies from Africa, America, Asia,
Austrialia, Europe, Middle East, and Oceania as part of our International
Promotions Program.

Your e-mail address, attached to ticket number 26734,and lucky number
A-51436-H?32/B5 consequently won in the First Category. You have therefore
been awarded a lump sumpay out of 1,000,000 (One Million Euros), which is
the winning payout for Category A winners.
This is from a total cash prize of ?10,000,000.00 (Ten Million Euros)
shared among 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/nonparticipants
of this program. Please contact our paying bank (SNS Bank) immediately for
due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated account of
your choice:

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
Age
Address
Contact telephone and fax numbers
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.Mark Amos
E-mail:snsbnk@aim.com
Tel:00 31 613 924 518
Fax:00 31 847 250 950

***********************************************
NOTE: All claims are nullified after 10 working days from today if
unclaimed
Congratulations once again from all our staffs, and thank you for being
part of our promotions
program.

Yours Sincerely,
Mrs.Susan Ruslan
(Lottery Coordinator).




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