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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: "Kelvin Ochus" <delottonls@rocketmail.com>
Reply-To: keochus@aol.com
Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2010 12:39:45 -0500
Subject: Favour Notification.

De Lotto NL Company.
Reference Number: FRN/17100/DENL
Batch Number: DL/13212/039ZX.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

We are pleased to inform you of the out come of our Promotional Sweepstake
program that was conducted recently and that your email address which was
extracted from the Internet Data Base like other email addresses and
attach to a batch number DL/13212/039ZX, has won you a prize money of
1,925,000 euro (One Million, Nine Hundred and Twenty-Five Thousand Euros)
in cash as credited to the payment file Ref. number: FRN/17100/DENL. You
can begin the claim processes of your winning funds immediately by
contacting our funds release department through the below stated details.

Mr. Kelvin Ochus.
De Lotto Payment Center.
Tel: +31-616-361436
Fax: +31-205-241634
Email: keochus@aol.com

As a precautionary measure, we kindly ask that you keep your winning
information private until your claim has been processed and your prize
money remitted to you as this is part of our security protocol to avoid
double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. This lottery
program was promoted and sponsored by a consortium of software companies
in Different Countries to increase the awareness of their software
packages. We hope with part of your winning you will be able to contribute
to Charity Project in your Country. Your winning must be claimed not later
than the 30days of your receipt of this message. 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,
Guus Mayer. (Programs Coordinator)
For: Lotto NL.
(Lotto is een onderdeel van De Lotto).
Copyright(c) 2009 by De Lotto, the Netherlands.
Website: http://lotto.nl




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