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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: Ivens Yvon <dayzar@agropecstar.com>
Date: Mon, 08 Oct 2007 04:09:33 -0500
Subject: Ivens Yvon.....


Ivens Yvon.....
Paleisstraat 5
2514 JA Den Haag,
THE NETHERLANDS.
www.dayzers.nl

Ref: DENL/9383/8161/99
Batch: GI/SE12-59

Government Accredited Licensed lottery promoters.
International Promotions/Prize Award Department

We are pleased to announce you as one of the 10 lucky winners in the national lottery held on the 24 September, 2007.
All 10 winning addresses were randomly selected from a batch of 50,000,000 international emails.
Your email address emerged alongside 9 others as a category 2 winner in this year national lotto game draw Consequently, you have therefore been approved for a total pay out of 1,000,000 Euro (One Million Euro only).
In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please remember to quote your reference number and batch numbers:

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon.
In view of this, your 1,000,000 Euro would be released to you by our payment offices.

To file for your claim, please contact:
Mr Danny Brown
Phone Number: +31 (0) 619 293 993
Fax Number: +31 84 737 7400
Email: dannybrownl@aim.com

This will enable the officer to send the claims application form (A4) to you the Beneficiary.
For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you fit to claim your prize.
This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program.
Please be warned. Remember, all winnings must be claimed not later than October 30th 2007, after this date, unclaimed funds will be returned to the Lotto company.
Good luck from the members and staff of the dayzers.

Yours faithfully,
Mrs Ivens Yvon
Online coordinator for lottery
Sweepstakes International Program.

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