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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: "DAYZERS OF THE YEAR INTERNATIONAL" <lott2007dayzers@aim.com>
Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2007 15:05:04 +0400
Subject: DAYZERS OF THE YEAR INTERNATIONAL.


DAYZERS OF THE YEAR INTERNATIONAL.
EMAIL LOTTERY WINNERS
Paleisstraat 5,
2514 JA, DEN HAAG.
The Netherlands.
http://www.dayzers.nl
Emails: Year07dayzers@aim.com
'' : lott2007dayzers@aim.com

Congratulations!!! Your email fall into the winning Colum.

Dear Winner,
Congratulations to you as we bring to your notice the result of your email,
selected by our computer ballot system here in the Netherlands.
We are happy to inform you that your email address have emerged a winning
attraction of One Million Euros (1,000,000.00)

Promotional Date: 1st October 2007.
Draw #: NL2007/D007
Ref # 07/NL/1M
Batch #: 980/11GW
Lottery #: 145/07NL

The required winning information is need from you to file for your claims;
please do call or contact the claiming department, with the following email
address.. **********************************************
Mr. Mark Claud
Tel.: +31- 623-085-142
Fax: +31 -847-437-745
Email: Year07dayzers@aim.com
**********************************************

Winners must claim their winning sum; not later than 30 Days. After this
date all unclaimed cash prize will be forfeited. Please, in order to avoid
unnecessary delay and complications remember to quote personal and winning
numbers in all correspondence with us .Congratulations once again from all
members and staff of DAYZERS OF THE YEAR DEPARTMENT N.L. Thank you for being
part of our promotional program of this year's winners. Send the following
details to endorse your funds file; here in our Department..

(i) Your names..
(ii) Contact telephone and fax numbers
(iii) Contact Address /Country
(iv) Your winning information
(v) Quote amount won.


Yours in service,
Ms, Kear Drijk.


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