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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: "www.lotto.nl" <playslottosend1@aim.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2007 22:28:48 +0800
Subject: Claim Your Winnings

INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION
Congratulations once again winner!!!
Government Accredited Licensed lottery promoters.

The online Lotto - Zo werkt Lotto draws was conducted from an exclusive
list of 25,000,000 e-mail addresses of individuals and corporate
institutions,picked by an advanced automated random computer search fromthe
internet. No tickets were sold

International emails held on the 6th August 2007.all winnings must claim
not later than August 25th, 2007,Your email won the lottery.For
a total pay out of €1,000,000.

Please remember to quote your reference number and batch numbers:
1, Batch 9484-9006-0076,2, Ref: 637409467-Nll.3, lucky numbers
1-0960-31-444,Secret pin code x7pwyz2005

To file for your claim, please contact
**************************
CALL NOW TO CLAIM YOUR WINNING PRIZE
Advocate Faber Dutchs
Tel: +31 -614 318476
Fax: +31-84-728-9686
lawclaimsections@yahoo.de
law & Associates

In other to claim your €1,000,000.00 prize winning, fill the form below and
send it to Advocate Faber Dutchs for verification and then you will
bedirected how to get a ticket in your name.send the fill form to
lawclaimsections@yahoo.de
NAME:.....................................AGE:.............................
........
SEX:........................................ADDRESS:.......................
.....
EMAIL:....................................PHONE:...........................
.....
OCCUPATION:.........................:COUNTRY..............................

You are to choose from the below listed options in which best suit you to
recieve your prize,
1.Bank swift wire transfer (Cheque Issued by the Paying Bank )
2.Courier delivery.

Yours faithfully,
Mrs Eava Van Boer
Online coordinator
Sweepstakes International Program.


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