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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: staatsloterijnl88@voila.fr
Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2007 21:23:59 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: PAYMENT REFERENCE NUMBER: STLI/88-5/0007





De Nederlandse Staatsloterij Int`l
Post bus 3334, 5902 RH Venlo
Den Haag, The - Netherlands
REFERENCE NUMBER: STLI/88-5/0007
BATCH NUMBER: PR/22I12/997JH


Dear Sir/Madam,
We are pleased to inform you of the result of our Nederlandse Staatsloterij Internet sweepstakes Program that was conducted on the 25th August 2007 and the result were release today the 6th day of September 2007. Your electron mail (E-mail) address attached to a
Ticket numbers: 011-9085555-326 with Serial No:223155-06 has been selected among the 10 lucky recipient that emerge winner in this category. Therefore, you have been approved for a lump sum payout of EUR 754,000:00 euro (Seven Hundred And Fifty Four Thousand Euro Only) in cash credited to file Ref Number: STLI/88-5/0007. This is from a total cash prize of 7,540,000.00 euro sheared amongst 10 winners in this category. You are hereby advice to contact Claims/Funds Release Department on the information below.


********************************************
Miller Green (Dr.),
Claims/Funds release Director
STAATS LOTERIJ CLAIMS/FUNDS RELEASE DEPT,
Telephone: +31-620-048924
Fax Number: +31-84-738-6694
E-mail: fundsreleasedep@aim.com
Email: oprdirectoriesnl@aim.com
********************************************


We expect you to provide them with details of the information below for the processing of your winning documents.
1). Full Names:..................
2). Residential Address: ........
3). Occupation:..................
4). Sex:.........................
5). Age.........................
6). Phone/Fax Numbers:...........
7). Country of Resident:.........
8). Nationality: ................
9) Your Winning E-mail Address..
10).Reference Number:............
11).Batch Number:...............
12).Amount Won:.................
13).Ticket and Serial Number.....


All participants where selected through a computer ballot system drawn from over 20,000 company and 30,000,000 individual email addresses and names from all over the world drawn from Europe, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Middle East, Africa, North and South America. Do note also that every email addresses that were used on this program were gotten without the knowledge of each recipient. Be informed here that all winnings must be claimed not later than the 25th Day of September 2007

and that anybody under the age of 18yrs is automatically disqualified and hereby not eligible to apply for a claim of this amount. Congratulations from our management as we expect you to make good use of your funds. Do note also that every email addresses that were used on this program were gotten without the knowledge of each recipient.


Sincerely Yours,
Janet Van Sintel (Mrs.)
Sweepstakes Coordinator.
Copyright © 2001-2007 Nederlandse Staatsloterij.
*********************************************


Note: In accordance with the Nederlands Staatsloterij policy and regulations, this message is dispatched directly to the recipient only. If you are not the rightful owner of this email address or feel that you have received this message by error, we advice you destroy
this copy as you are not authorized to read, print, retain or disseminate any part of it for any reason.


Visit our website at http://www.staatsloterij.nl

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