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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: dpaflex38@voila.fr
Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 16:58:10 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?Ref_No:_=C2=A0_=C2=A0_FINGP/605X/39842/EUNL?=


Ref No: FINGP/605X/39842/EUNL
Batch No: EDPL/4528/EURWLNL

Dear Sir/Madam,
We are please to announce to you of electronic email selection held on
12th of October 2007 in Den Haag, The Netherlands, that your e-mail
address with Serial Number0967/0621 and Lucky numbers 21,32,36,46,47
have won prize in the second category.
In view of this, you have therefore been approved to claim a total sum
of FOUR HUNDRED AND NINETY-THREE THOUSAND,TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY-NINE,
NINETY-TWO PENCE GBP (£493,269.92).Please contact our Agent to claim
your prize with the following information as stated below:
1. Full Name:
2. Occupation:
3. Fax/Telephone Number
4. Sex
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mr Parry Hilton
DPA Financial Group NV
Hoogeveen, The Netherlands.
Tel: +31-615-313-115
Reply-Email: dpafinancial@yahoo.de
ReplyEmail: dpaconsultant01@gmail.com
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Best Regards
Edward Peterson (Online Co-ordinator)
Reply-Email: dpaconsultant01@gmail.com
Reply-Email: dpafinancial@yahoo.de

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