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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: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 05:25:26 +0000
Subject: It Is Time To Celebrate-Microsoft Corporation Prize Award.


It Is Time To Celebrate-Microsoft Corporation Prize Award.

We are happy to inform you that you have emerged a winner under the Second Category of our promotion program. Winners were picked by computerized system, drawn from over 75,000,000 companies and individuals e-mail addresses worldwide. This draws were officially announced 27th of October, 2008. Your email ID has won a lump sum of € 550.000 (Five Hundred and Fifty Thousand euros) only in the second category of our computer ballot prize award. All trademarks of De Lotto are registered and protected by the Benelux trademark law.

NOTE: This compensational program was promoted and sponsored by Microsoft Corporation in conjunction with De Lotto Netherlands Jackpot. No ticket was sold in this prize award but winners were randomly selected by the Netherlands Gaming Control Board from the internet online world wide web to boost the sales of software materials in all over the world. We hope that you will have the chance of receiving compensation next free draw as you keep on browsing the net to boost the sales of software materials in all over the world. It is a great opportunity to anyone looking to increase sales through email marketing! So you can realize your dream of financial independence. Remember to always quote your winning numbers in all your correspondence with the clearance office. Your winning information are specified as follow: Ticket Number: 55 89 43 18 32, REFERENCE NUMBER: AOU/67665456/SF/2008, Security Credited File Number is SC-FN/K6765/MICROSOFT

Please contact the Verification/Remittance Department of Post Bank N.V for your prize claim:
****************************************************
Dr. Marcus Garvey (Director/Head of Verification Department).
Verification/Remittance Department (Postbank.nl)
Phone:+31-610-698-903, Fax: +31-847-301-110
Web-Site: www.postbank.nl<http://www.postbank.nl>
Email: postbremittancex@yahoo.com.hk<mailto:postbremittancex@yahoo.com.hk>
postbremittancez@yahoo.com.hk<mailto:postbremittancez@yahoo.com.hk>

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Sincerely Yours,
Mrs. Nikki Van Grohams (Public Relation Officer)
De Lotto (Official Website: www.lotto.nl<http://www.lotto.nl>)
Tel: 0900-0202 (€ 0, 20 p/min.)

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