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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: Online Notification <"Notification Department"@ns39253.ovh.net>
Reply-To: dsbclaimagent@aim.com
Date: 2 Feb 2008 17:18:03 -0000
Subject: Urgent Notice (Notification Department)

Content-Type: text/plain

Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit




Comfirmation Department

Hoofdkantoor DSB N.V.

Postbus 79

1787 ZH WOGNUM

the Nederland



We happily announce to you the draw of the DSB new year email Lottery

International programs held on the 26th of January 2008. Your email address attached to Serial number:81-88d-910b which consequently won the lottery in the 2nd category.As a result of this, you are therefore been approved to claim a total sum of 350,000.00 (THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND EURO) in cash credited to security file number 589-91.

NOTE: For easy reference and identification, find below your Reference and Batch numbers. Remember to quote these numbers in your correspondence to our claim Department,



REFERENCE NUMBER: Bs/940/815/

BATCH NUMBER: 81/014/9,



Provide our/your accredited claims agent with the information as stated below:

1. Name:

2. Address:

3. Age:

4. Sex:

5. Marital Status:

6. Occupation:

7. Country of Residence:

8. Nationality:

9. Telephone Number:

10. Fax Number:

11.Reference number

12.Batch number





Contact our claim department immediately with the formation below for due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated account of your choice.



Mr Dirk Benjamin

Tel:0031-641-443-262

Fax:0031-847-474000

Email:dsbclaimagent@aim.com



Note:Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified, congratulation once more from our members and staff being part of our promotional program.



Best Regard

Stephanie Espen

(online co-ordinator)










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