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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: simone@glo22.orangehome.co.uk
Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 15:11:50 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: RE: WINNER NOTIFICATION-00026783 !!!





GLO LOTERIJ(STICHTING DE NATIONALE SPORTTOTALISATOR)
LAAN VAN HOORNWIJCK 55
2289 DG RIJSWIJK
NETHERLANDS
www.lotto.nl

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual final draws of Glo Loterij Million Euro Online Promotions held in Rotterdam,The Netherlands on 13th of may 2007.
The online cyber lotto draws was conducted from an exclusive list of 100,000 e-mail addresses of individuals and corporate bodies selected by an advanced automated random computer search from the internet.
No tickets were sold.The selected e-mail addresses were attached to tickets numbers which were spinned by our ballot machine.After this automated computer ballot,your e-mail address attached to ticket number 00067746583 emerged as one of five winners in the category "A" with the following winning information :
REFERENCE N0 :IPL/4249859609/WP1.
BATCH N0: AT-040SB06-03
You have been approved for a payment therefore of EURO 500,000(FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND EURO)cash prize which will be paid to you upon authorisation by The Netherlands Games Board.
Be advice to keep your winning information confidential until your claims has been processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program.
You should contact our accredited agent that will assist you to obtain the authorisation of payment and represent you throughout the process for the payment of your prize award on the information below:
Name: Mr Andre Ooijer
Demir-Halk Group N.V
Tel: +31 616 004 351
E-mail: dhkgnv@mynet.com
Remember to quote your winning information,that is your reference/batch number and your personal information as stated below:
1. Name in full
2. Address
3. Nationality
4. Age
5. Phone/Fax
NOTE: All winning must be claimed not later than 21 working days from this notification.
Congratulations!!!
Yours faithfully,
Ms.Simone Gelder
Games/Lottery Coordinator.

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