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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: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2008 09:45:02 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: PAYMENT VERIFICATION FORM


PAYMENT VERIFICATION FORM
 
Attn: Winner,
 





























Your email indicating you as a winner in the lottery programs held by the POSTCODE LOTERIJ INTERNATIONAL was received. Your email address was selected through the  computer ballot system from the average collection of over 70,000,000.00 (Seventy million email addresses), your email address attached to a single ticket was found as one of the lucky email address that emerge from the first category to have won the sum of €1,000,000.00 (One Million Euro),

 


The information was passed to you by the lottery coordinator to ensure that we are in contact with the rightful owner of the winning email address to avoid double claiming.

To begin the proccess of your claim,

NOTE:

YOU ARE THEREFORE REQUIRED TO CAREFULLY FILL IN THE APPLICATION FORM BELOW TO ENABLE US COMMENCE ON YOUR CLAIM PROCESSING AND ENSURE THAT YOUR WINNING FUNDS IS TRANSFERED TO YOUR WITHOUT FURTHER DELAY, PLEASE ENDEAVOR TO FILL IN THE APPRIOPRATE INFORMATION AND RETURN IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE EITHER BY EMAIL ATTACHMENT OR BY FAX TO FACILITATE YOUR CLAIM PROCESSING. PLEASE ENSURE THAT ALL THE  DATA ARE TRUE CORRECT, AND INCASE OF FALSIFICATION OR ERROR, YOU  SHALL LOSE CLAIMS TO YOUR TOTAL FUNDS.
****************************** ****************************** ****************************** ***

 
   POSTCODE  LOTERIJ INTERNATIONAL NL  
                                           
            PLANTAGE MIDDENLAAN 50
           1018 DH AMSTERDAM
           THE NETHERLANDS                                                                                        
  Tel: + 31-642-339-349 FAX+31-847-288-631                                                     


























POSTCODE LOTERIJ INTERNATIONAL  WINNER CLAIM VERIFICATION FORM




WINNER'S PERSONAL DATA




First Name.:




Middle Name.:


Last Name.: *








Gender.: MaleFemale





Month Of Birth.: MonthJanuaryFebuaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember

Day: Day1234 5 678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031

Year:





Marital Status.: SingleMarried Divorced


Nationality/Country.: *


Religion.:


Occupation.:





Address 1.: *


Address 2.:


City.: *


State/Province.: *


Zip Code.: *





Mobile phone No.: *




House Phone No.: *


Fax No.:


Email Address.: * eg. username@domainname.com








WINNING INFORMATION


Batch Number.: *


Amount Won: *


Ticket Number.: *





This is to verify that the information filled in this FORM is a valid particulars of me. Yes: No:




Your  application for the claim of lottery winning prize  will be duly  process and  upon certification, your funds shall be transferred without any delay to your designated bank account after the due process of claim processing.
 
It is further guaranteed that we shall handle with respect and confidentiality your entire personal information at our disposal.
 
Best regards,
 
MR. MICHAEL VAN  HOLMES

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