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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" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <nationalpostcodeloterij@gmx.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2010 19:07:03 -0200
Subject: EMAIL AWARD NOTIFICATION!!

NATIONALE POSTCODE LOTERIJ
WEBSITE:www.postcodeloterij.nl
VAN EEGHENSTRAAT 77 1071 GK
AMSTERDAM.

ONLINE RESULTS:FOR FIRST CATEGORY
DRAW DATE: OCTOBER 2010
PRIZE NUMBER:NPCL/67/89/82/28
AMOUNT WON: ONE MILLION EURO(1,000,000 EURO)

RE: ONLINE EMAIL AWARD NOTIFICATION

YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS HAS WON A PRIZE MONEY OF ONE MILLION EURO AWARDED TO YOU BY THE NATIONAL POSTCODE LOTERIJ.TO FILE FOR YOUR CLAIMS SUBMIT THE FOLLOWING INFORMATIONS FOR DOCUMENTATION OF CLAIMS.

*FULL NAMES *ADDRESS *NATIONALITY *COUNTRY *TELEPHONE/MOBILE *AGE *SEX *MARITAL STATUS *OCCUPATION.

PAYMENT OPTION: TICK AN OPTION WHICH SUITS YOU BEST FOR THE REMITTANCE OF YOUR PRIZE MONEY TO YOU.

1. COURIER DELIVERY OF CERTIFIED WINNING CHEQUE (.....)
2. ONLINE BANK TRANSFER OF PRIZE MONEY (.....)

CONTACT YOUR FILE AGENT WITH REQUIRED DETAILS

FILE AGENT: MR.HINDRIK NEIL WILLIAM
TELEPHONE/MOBILE: +39 3801 911490
CONTACT E-MAIL: nlpostcode@hotmail.nl

NOTE: EMAIL CORRESPONDENCES SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO: nlpostcode@hotmail.nl

FRANSISKA BERTHOLD(MRS.)
ONLINE EMAIL COORDINATOR OFFICER




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