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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: "H. T. De Graaf." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <dimaxcaps@aol.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:23:08 +0100
Subject: Payment Confirmation Details.

De Lotto NL Company.
File Ref. No: FRN/17100/DENL
Batch Number: DL/13212/039ZX.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the winners of our De Lotto NL programs that was held on the 12th day of December 2009 and that your electronic mail address as attached by us to batch number DL/13212/039ZX has consequently won you our sweepstake prize of 1,925,000 euro (One Million, Nine Hundred and Twenty-Five Thousand Euros) in cash as credited to file Ref. number: FRN/17100/DENL from a total payout cash prize of 23,100,000.00euros that is been shared among the 12 winners in the second category. As precautionary measures, we ask that you keep your winning information confidential until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by participants. All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from over 400,000 companies and 300,000,000 individual email addresses and names from all over the world. This draw takes place ev
ery year in different developed c

Lotto Payment Center.
Tel: +31-644-271060
Email: dimaxcaps@aol.com

Remember all winnings must be claimed not later than the 29th day of December 2009. Please note that in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications do remember to provide them with the following details.

1). Full Names (As prefer to be Written on your Winning Documents):
2). Residential Address:
3). Occupation:
4). Phone/Fax Numbers:
5). Nationality:
6). Reference Number:
7). Winning Email Address:

Congratulations and thanks for being part of our Lottery program.

Sincerely yours,
H. T. De Graaf.
(Programs Coordinator)
Lotto is een onderdeel van De Lotto.
Copyright(c) 2009 by De Lotto, the Netherlands.
Website: http://lotto.nlWebsite: http://lotto.nl

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