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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: "info@dayzers.org.com" <dayzerslottery2@mchsi.com>
Reply-To: claimdept111@aim.com
Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:46:03 +0000
Subject: PRIZE NOTIFICATIONS


DAYZERS NL NATIONAL LOTTERY
Official website: www.dayzers.nl
Award Prize of 1, 000 000 00 euro.
Congratulations!! We are happy to announce that you have won a lottery jackpot prize in our international lottery promotion.

Your active e-mail address attached to computer generated ticket number: These are your winning information’s:
TICKET NUMBER: DZNL 492 - 714 - 027 / 2006
LUCKY NUMBER: 09, 22, 36, 61, 63, 79, 84
BATCH NUMBER: DTOW 1396 62U7A
Has won NL Lottery Jackpot award prize.

Please download attached document for details: (WINNING NOTIFICATION.doc)

Yours truly

Mrs. Jones Kuyper.
(Online coordinator.)
The NL Lottery International Promotion Inc

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