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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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Fraud email example:

From: Euro Millions Netherlands Internacional Sweepstake Euro Millions
Netherlands Internacional Sweepstake <euronl-04@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <euromillions012007@i12.com>
Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2007 00:33:55 +0000
Subject: FINAL WINNING NOTICIFICATION



Euro Millions Netherlands Internacional SweepstakeLaan van Hoornwijck 512201 AS Rijswijk HollandRESULTS FOR CATEGORY "B" DRAWSYOU WON: €715, 000, 00 Dear Winner,Congratulations to you as we bring to your notice, theresults of the Second Category draws of the EuroMillions Netherlands Internacional Sweepstake Held onthe 21th, september 2007 we are happy to inform youthat you have emerged a winner under the SecondCategory, The draws were held to mark our firstinternational program, for Microsoft users. , Which ispart of our promotional draws. Participants wereselected through a computer ballot system drawn from25, 000, 00 Names/email addresses of individuals andcompanies from Africa, America, Asia, Australia,Europe, Middle East, and Oceania as part of ourInternational Promotions Program. Three names came asthe lucky winners you/your company email id, attachedto ticket number 0101-6-105, with serial number 01-07drew the lucky numbers 23-07-19-00 (14) consequentlywon in the second Category. You have therefore beenawarded a lump sum pay out of €715, 000,00 (Sevenhundred & fifteen thousand euros) which is the winningpayout for Category" B" winners.This is from the total prize money of €2,145,000shared among the 3 winners in this category.CONGRATULATIONS! Your fund is now deposited with abanking institute, based in Europe, and insured inyour name. In your best interest and also to avoid mixup of numbers and names of any kind, we request thatyou keep the entire details of your award strictlyfrom public notice until the process of transferringyour claims has been completed, and your fundsremitted to your account. This is part of our securityprotocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous actsby participants/no Participants of this program.Please note that your lucky winning number fallswithin our South European booklet representativeoffice in the Netherlands as indicated in your playcoupon. We also wish to bring to your notice our endof year premium stakes draw where you stand a chanceof winning up to €5.5 million euros we hope that witha part of your prize you will participate in it.Please contact your file/claims officer immediatelyfor due processing and remittance of your prize moneyto a designated account of your choice:File/Claims OfficerDAVID WISEMANROYAL & SUN ALLIANCE AGENCYKRAMATWEG 11 1095JSAMSTERDAM-NETHERLANDSTEL: 31-619-235-643FAX: 31-847-389-274 EMAIL: royalsunalliance0d@i12.comYou are advised to contact your file/claims officer byemail/fax within one week of receiving this notice.Failure to do so may warrant disqualification. NOTE:For easy reference and identification, find below yourreference and Batch numbers. Remember to quote thesenumbers in every correspondence with your claimsagent.REFERENCE NUMBER: EUME/0723/19BATCH NUMBER: 010776/EUMECongratulations once again from all our staff andthank you for being part of our promotional program.Sincerely,LAURA MCFADDENTHE LOTTERY COORDINATOR, EUROMILLIONES INTERNACIONALGAMESSweepstakes International Program
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