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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: <nlspinlotto.management3@virgilio.it>
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 01:40:19 +0100 (GMT+01:00)
Subject: RE: 10 Years Anniversary Awards

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NLSPIN LOTTO



RE: 10 Years Anniversary Awards!

You are a winner,

We
are celebrating our tenth anniversary this year and to mark this
special occasion we are launching our first international program, The
10 Years Anniversary Awards! To celebrate Spin Lotto is giving ten
people from all over the world the chance to win Ten million Dollars.
We intend to raffle out ten million dollars this year with our 10 Years
Anniversary Awards program. We are running a program where instead of
bought tickets and numbers in the ballots we have email addresses.

From the results of the 10 Years Anniversary Awards draw that took
place on the 24th of April, 2006. Your E-mail address has come up as
one of the winners; you have therefore won the sum of One Million
United States Dollars (US $1,000,000, 00). This is from a total cash
prize of Ten Million United States Dollars (USD$10,000,000.00) shared
amongst Ten Lucky Winners in the Category A+.

WITH
THIS WE SAY CONGRATULATION$.

This is an independent promotion, no
purchase necessary. Any entries without valid collection numbers will
be declared void.
All winnings must be claimed not later than the 10th
of May, 2006. After this date all unclaimed prizes will be declared
void. Claimants must be over 18years. All entries must adhere to the 10
Years Anniversary Awards eligibility/Terms and conditions stated in our
official Terms and conditions. You will receive the Terms and
conditions when you file for your claim.

This program is strictly
for international participants and all Dutch residents are exempt from
participation.

NOTE: Being that you were selected via your email
address and to avoid double claims your winnings must be notarized and
a certificate of award must be obtained from the National Certification
Board to complete the claims process, this certificate can only be
obtained through legal representation, so you will be referred to a
lawyer to assist you. This is an independent lawyer acting as a referee
to see to it that both parties conform to regulations. The notarization
is essential to create a legal link between you and your email address.
You are responsible for the legal charges for the notarization of the
claim and the acquisition of the certificate of award.


When
replying provide the following:
Name:
Nationality:
Country of
residence:
Tel number:
To file for your claim, contact your processing
agent
Mr. Michael Buren.
Email: claimdptlotto@netscape.net


You are
to quote your reference number in all correspondence.
REF Number:
SKB/08-IL1131/06
BATCH No: KBS/15/057/TFS
Claimants without
proper conduct will be disqualified.

Finally, we call on you to make
sure that you save a copy of this mail because you might be called upon
to produce it at anytime and do note your reference numbers clearly as
stated for we will not be held responsible should there be any
complications in this transaction due to negligence on your part.
Congratulations once more from all of us at Spin Lotto and thank you
for being part of our promotional program.


Management.
NLSpin
Lotto.

NOTICE: You have received this message from Spin Lotto
prize dept. because you have visited one of our sponsored sites and
have voluntarily given your email address to receive mails from their
sponsors. If you wish to be taken out of this list do not reply to this
mail, reply to the agent with the words remove. If you are not the
intended recipient, you must not, directly or indirectly, use,
disclose, distribute, print or copy any part of this message. If you
believe you have received this message in error, please delete it and
all copies of it from your system and notify the sender immediately by
reply e-mail. Thank you.


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MESSAGE***********

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