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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: Giel van Loon <G.vanLoon@delindenberg.com>
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:53:02 +0100
Subject: Lottery Win Notifiication..


La Loterie Romande
Rue Marterey 13,
1002 Lausanne,
Switzerland.

Reference : LR/51-CH/4103,
Batch : LR/09/17

Congratulations!,

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual final draws of the LOTERIE ROMANDE Program. Loterie Romande draws was conducted from an exclusive list of 70,000,000 e-mail addresses picked by an advanced automated random computer ballot as part of our international promotions program which we conduct every year.

You are hereby notified that your email identity has won EUR 2,500,000 (Two million five hundred thousand Euro) after our final email draws. Your email ID was attached to serial number : 09-7391 and drew the winning numbers; 9-31-17-23-12-39.

You have therefore been accepted for a payout of EUR2,500,000 (Two million five hundred thousand Euro) in cash credited to file (LR/51-CH/4103). This is from a total cash prize of EUR50,000,000 (Fifty million Euro) shared amongst the first twenty (20) lucky winners in this category.

Please contact your assigned release manager, Mr.William Hartwell of the Paying insurance/finance company, through his email address below;

Mr. William Hartwell
Zurich Financial Services Limited,
Professional and Risk Services Manager,
T'phone: 00447024038540
Fax: 00448704711698
Email: WHINFO@MAIL.MN

for more information and release details.

In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, endeavor to quote your reference (LR/51-CH/4103) and batch numbers (LR/09/17) in every correspondence with your agent.

Yours truly,
G.H van Loon
Promotions Manager,
La Loterie Romande.

NOTES:

1) You must be above the age of 30 to be qualified for payment.

2) This is a private email. Any breach of confidentiality means automatic disqualification.

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