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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)
Reply-To: award_info2008@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:03:37 GMT
Subject: {Spam!}




YOU WON CALL TO CONFIRM
ONLINE NOTIFICATION OF WINNING

The Netherlands National Lottery wishes to congratulate you on your
success as one of our Ten(10) Star Prize Winner of the online.

International Awareness Promotion (IAP) held 15th November 2008 in
Netherlands.

This makes you the proud owner of a prize of ($2,500,000.00 Dollars) To
begin processing of your prize.

Contact claims officer via below informations:

******************************
MR. Anik Roethof (Lottery Director)
Phone: +31 619 036 104
Fax: +31 847 131 027
Email:adspromo_11@yahoo.com.hk
******************************

Contact him, with your,
REF Number: TKP/231-PLGI/0541/08
BATCH No: IEU/15/096/QYNL
TICKET No:20511456462-7655
SERIAL No:472-9758-77
LUCKY No:8-66-97-22-NL-208

Also provide listed informations:

Names:
Address:
Sex:
Marital Status:
Age:
Occupation:
Phone no:
Country:

Sincerely yours,
Mrs Luna Matt
Lottery Coordinator


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