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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: "NAT.POSTCODE" <natpostcodeloterij@live.com>
Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2008 07:37:56 +0600
Subject: END OF YEAR 2007 BONANZA-YOU WON!


AWARD NOTIFICATION
POSTCODE LOTERIJ NL.
www.postcodeloterij.nl
HOLLAND-NETHERLANDS.
RESULTS FOR CATEGORY "B" DRAWS
Ticket Number: NL/BC336791/HY07.

Dear Winner,

In view of the yearly[END OF THE YEAR- 2007} sweepstake of the above named
organization held recently we are pleased to inform you that your e-mail
address attached to the above ticket Number:NL/BC336791/HY07,Prized Number:
2941XG and Lucky number 5256JA, came up in the second dip in this
organisations end of year bonanza.This invariably means that you have
emerged as the prize winner of the sum of €1,500,000.00 Euros{One
Million,Five Hundred Thousand Euros} in the second category.

Be informed that all participants were selected from a random computing
ballot system.This charitable sweepstake is sponsored by
postcodeloterij.nl{www.postcodeloterij.nl},multinational companies and some
government parastatals.It is in your best interest and to avoid mix up of
numbers and names of any kind that we request you keep the entire details of
your winning strictly from public notice until the process of transferring
your claims has been completed, and your funds remitted to your account.This
is part of our security measures to avoid double claims and unscrupulous
acts by participants/ non participants of this program.

To claim your winning,DO NOT CONTACT US ,rather you should contact the
OFFICIAL and APPROVED paying bank here in Holland-Netherlands urgently:-

The Nationale Postcode Processing Officer,
PostBank NL
www.postbank.nl
Email:-prolottopostbank@aim.com /// prolottopostbank@aim.com
Fax:-++31-847141653

You are also advice to furnish them with the following information:-

Your Names:-_____________________________________________________

Contact address:-___________________________________________________

Telephone Numbers / Fax:-___________________________________________

Your Nationality{Your country of
Origin}:-_______________________________________

Your Age:-___________________________________

Your Occupation:-__________________________________

E-Ticket number:-____________________________________

Prize Number:-__________________________________________

Congratulations once again from management and staff of this company,and
thanking you for being a lucky winner of our promotions program and a very
happy new year{2008} to you

Sincerely,
Mrs. Mariam Roosje -Hoo
NATIONALE POSTCODE LOTERIJ Promotion
www.postcodeloterij.nl

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