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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: lotto lotto <claimlot41_nl@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2008 17:29:25 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATION YOUR E-MAIL HAS WON!!!



AWARD NOTICESponsor staatslotterij Email sweepstakes program NL.RESULTS FOR CATEGORY "B" DRAWS Ticket Number: NL/BC336791/HY07. In view of the yearly 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.This invariably means that you have emerged as the prize winner of the sum of €850,000.00 Euros{Eight Hundred and fifty 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 staatsloterij.nl,several Multi-National Corporations 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 protocol to avoid double claims and unscrupulous acts by participants/ non participants of this program. To claim your winning,you should send to us the following informations:- 1 Full Names:-2 Address3 Nationality{Your country of Origin}-4 Age:-5 Occupation:-6 Telephone numbers
Please send the above information STRICTLY to our Processing Officer on this E-Mail address as stated here with:- Mr.Albert Van Smith,Remittance Department Director,E-mail:claimlot@gmail.com Congratulations once again from management and staff of this company,and thanking you for being a lucky winner of our promotions program. Sincerely,Mrs. Mariam Roosje -Hoostaatslotterij PromotionHolland-Netherlands{Europe}
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