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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: "De Nederlandse Dayzers International" <dayzerclearancex1@yahoo.de>
Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 18:41:36 +0100
Subject: Congratulation Prize.

De Nederlandse Dayzers International Lotto.
REGISTRATION ACT NO: (NLZ720633X)
TEL: +31-610-698-963, FAX: +31-847-301-128
Official Website: www.dayzers.nl

We wish to congratulate you over your email success in our computer
balloting sweepstake held on 26th
June, 2007. This is a scientific computer game in which email addresses
were used selected from the
Internet online. It is a promotional program aimed at encouraging internet
users in all over the World.
Your email address attached to Ticket number; UAD/235684545 with serial
numbers UAD/57896524,
Batch Number: UAD/012454100012/FL, Reference Number UAD/412554784500/REF
and Drew from
lucky numbers 578-365-975-210 which consequently won in the 2nd category.
You have been approved
for a lump sum pay out of € 1 miljoen (EURO € 1,000,000.00) only Payable in
cash credited to security file
numbers; UAD/5698245/5004701/POL at the Payment Bank.

CONGRATULATIONS!
Due to the mix up of some numbers and email addresses, we ask that you Keep
your winning information's
confidential until your claim has been made as the authorized legal
beneficiary. This is part of our security
protocols to avoid unwarranted abuse of this Program by some participants.
This compensational program
was sponsored by Microsoft Corperation. Microsoft had help people and
Businesses by providing
affordable, reliable and convenient payment services and software in the
world today and we have
invested over US$2.5B into software, hardware, computers and a simple to
use interface. It is a great
opportunity to anyone looking to increase sales through email marketing!
So you can realize your dream
of financial independence. Note that all winners were selected through a
computer ballot-system drawn
>from over 950,000,000 companies and personal email addresses from all over
the world web online of
which Ten (10) where selected at random as winners in different categories.
Please contact the Clearance
Department for your claim:

Mrs. Favour Vandith
For Dr. Johan Gallagher. (Director of operations).
Vetting & Verification Department.
TEL: +31-610-698-903, Fax: +31-847-301-110
Email: clearancedayzers@aim.com
clearancedayzers@mrlottery.com

Remember, all winnings must be claim not later than 31st of July, 2007.
After this date, all unclaimed Funds
will be transfer to the International Debt Payment Reconciliation Unit in
the Literary Fund. Remember to
always quote your Reference numbers in all your correspondence.

Congratulations once again from all the members of our staff.

Yours Sincerely,
Mrs. Mrs. Larsjohn Van Hook (Lottery Director)
Paleisstraat 5 2514 JA Den Haag.

****************************** PLEASE NOTE
*****************************
In accordance with the MICROSOFT/DAYZERS E-games policy and regulations,
this notification is
dispatched directly to only the ten lucky consolation prize Winners. This
notification also contains
information that is confidential or otherwise legally exempt from
disclosure. If you are not the right recipient
whose email address attached to the lucky number's, you are not authorized
to read, print, retain, copy or
disseminate this notice or any part of it.

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