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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: NATIONALE POSTCODE LOTERIJ <hotichq1@quan1hcm.gov.vn>
Reply-To: NATIONALE POSTCODE LOTERIJ <nationalepostcodeloterij@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2010 04:02:52 +0700 (ICT)
Subject: RE: OFFICIAL AWARD NOTIFICATION


NATIONALE POSTCODE LOTERIJ
RESULTS FOR FIRST CATEGORY
POSTBUS 636-5930 AM
TERNEUZEN, HOLLAND.
RE: OFFICIAL AWARD NOTIFICATION
DEAR WINNER,
THIS IS TO INFORM YOU THAT YOU HAVE WON A PRIZE MONEY OF ONE MILLION EURO (€1,000,000.00) FOR THIS MONTH (MARCH 2010),NATIONALE POSTCODE LOTERIJ ONLINE PROMOTION.
ALL PARTICIPANTS FOR THIS ONLINE VERSION WERE SELECTED RANDOMLY FROM THE WORLD WIDE WEB, THROUGH AN ELECTRONIC BALLOTING SYSTEM (E.B.S.)AND EXTRACTED FROM OVER 100M SECURED WEBSITES WORLDWIDE.
ONLY FIVE WINNERS EMERGE EVERY MONTH THROUGH ELECTRONIC BALLOTING SYSTEM (E.B.S.),AND YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS WAS SELECTED AND ATTACHED TO THE WINNING NUMBER BELOW WE CONGRATULATE YOU FOR BEING ONE OF NATIONALE POSTCODE LOTERIJ WINNER.
PLEASE CONTACT OUR APPROVED AGENT FOR YOUR REGION WITH YOUR PRIZE NUMBER AND YOUR FILLED CLAIMS VERIFICATION FORM BELOW.
PRIZE NUMBER: NPCL/67/89/82/28

CLAIMS VERIFICATION FORM.
FULL NAMES .
ADDRESS .
NATIONALITY .
COUNTRY .
TEL/FAX .
AGE/SEX .
MARITAL STATUS .
OCCUPATION .
PAYMENT OPTION
1. COURIER DELIVERY OF CERTIFIED WINNING CHEQUE (.....)
2. TRANSFER OF PRIZE MONEY VIA ONLINE BANK TRANSFER (.....)
TICK AN OPTION WHICH SUITS YOU BEST FOR THE REMITTANCE OF YOUR PRIZE MONEY
TO YOU.
CONGRATULATIONS FROM ALL MEMBERS OF STAFF OF NATIONALE POSTCODE LOTERIJ
PAMELA ANN (MRS.)
DIRECTOR; CLAIMS DEPARTMENT.
TEL/FAX: +31 (0) 84 740 8620
E-MAIL: nlpostcode2010@aol.nl
FROM: DEBORAH ANN
NOTE: ALL CORRESPONDENCES SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO (nlpostcode2010@aol.nl).

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