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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: "LOTTO Rheinland-Pfalz'" <lottorheinlands@libero.it>
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2009 03:11:12 +0100
Subject: Lotto Win Notification.

LOTTO Rheinland-Pfalz.
Ferdinand-Sauerbruch-Strasse 2.
DE-56073 Koblenz,
Rheinland-Pfalz,
Germany.

Reference: LRP/17-DE/1503
Batch number: LRP/10/17.

Congratulations!

We are pleased to inform you that your email identity emerged winner of EUR 1,000,000 (One million Euro) in LOTTO Rheinland-Pfal final year draws which was conduted last week. Your email address was attached to sequential number- 07-5693 and drew the winning numbers- 30-32-24-12-31-17.

For further instructions and release details, please contact your assigned release manager, Mr.Walters Fehlman of the Paying insurance company, The Zurich Financial Services Limited, through his email address below;

Mr. Walters Fehlman',
Zurich Management Services Limited',
Professional and Risk Services Manager,
Phone: 00447024066941.
Fax: 0044 8704908014.
Email: WALTERSFEHLMAN@MAIL.MN

To avoid unnecessary complications or delay, please quote your reference and batch numbers numbers in every correspondence with your claims agent.

Yours truly,
Hans-Peters Schossler',
Executive Manager
Rheinland-Pfalz.

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