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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: "nedlotto" <nedmesagegtmku@walla.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 13:27:22 -0900
Subject: SEE YOUR MESSAGE:

POSTCODE LOTERIJ NL.
www.postcodeloterij.nl
RESULTS FOR CATEGORY "B" DRAWS
Ticket Number: AA7099-26

Dear Sir/Madam,

This is to inform you that your Email Address attached to Ticket Number:AA7099-26,has won a prize Sum of:One Million Euro(1,000,000 Euro)in the category "B" of the draw,from Postcodeloterij-nl Free Award Promotion,held in the Netherlands.

DATE OF DRAW/PROMOTION: 20th July,2007

PRIZE NUMBER:67218/42/NL, TICKET NUMBER:AA7099-26, LUCKY NUMBER:40/23/44/80

All participants were selected from a random computer ballot system,in this charitable sweepstake which is sponsored by postcdeloterij-nl and private companies/organisations,from major cities in Europe.

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 fund remitted to your account.This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claims and unscrupulous acts by Participants/nonparticipants of this program.

To file in your claims and other enquiries,contact our paying bank contact email address written below with the following details:

(1)NAME:
(2)CONTACT ADDRESS:
(3)TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBERS:
(4)TICKET AND PRIZE NUMBERS:
(5)NOTIFICATION DATE:

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Contact Person: Mr.David Meyer
Contact Email: remittregio@aol.com
Tel: +31 644 965 098

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Yours Sincerely,
Joan Van Henk(Lottery Coordinator)

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