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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
1. They don't notify winners by email.
2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +31684790024 (Netherlands, prepaid mobile phone)
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- destinylottery@netscape.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "219.238.241.5" (may be fake)
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 14:06:27 +0100
Subject: Grand Prize Winner !!

From: THE COORDINATOR,
International Promotions/Prize Award Department
DESTINY LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL.
AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS.

RESULTS OF CATEGORY "A" DRAWS
Dear Winner,

Congratulations!! We are pleased to inform you of the results of just concluded annual final draws by DESTINY LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL. You have been awarded a cash prize of €850.000.00 (Eight Hundred and Fifty Thousand Euros).

The online cyber lotto draws Sponsored by PALACE OF BINGO, was conducted from an exclusive list of 50.000.00 companies/corporate bodies and 80.000.000 individual email addresses from Europe, North & South America, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Middle-East and Africa, picked by an advanced automated random computer search from the internet. "NO TICKETS WERE SOLD".

After this automated computer ballot, your e-mail address emerged as one of the winners in the category "A" with the following:
REFERENCE NUMBER: LDINT/2681/1510/10
Batch Numbers: BN/56/D483-77
Serial number: SN/ 32-41 -90
Lucky numbers: LN/61-88-17-68-11.

You as well as the other winner are therefore to receive a cash prize of €850.000.00 (Eight Hundred and Fifty Thousand Euros) each, as payout for Category A winners. This is from the total prize money of €10.200.000.00 shared among the 12 winners in this category.
Your prize award has been insured with your e-mail address and will be transferred to you upon meeting our requirements, statutory obligations, verifications, validations and satisfactory report.

To begin the claims processing of your prize winnings you are advised to contact our licensed and accredited claims agent for category "A" winners with the information below:
================================
Mr. Andrew Thomas (Paying/Foreign Department Manager)
Email: destinylottery@netscape.net
Tel: +31-684-790-024 /Fax: +31-847-299-663
================================
You are expected to provide the following details below to your claims agent:
1) BATCH AND REFFERENCE NUMBERS
2) FULL NAMES
3) AGE
4) SEX
5) OCCUPATION
6) NATIONALITY
7) COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE
8) MAILING ADDRESS
9) PHONES & FAX NUMBERS
10) EMAIL ADDRESS

These details will help to facilitate the due process and the release of winnings without unnecessary delays and complications.

All winnings must be claimed not later than 20 working days. After which, all unclaimed funds will be included in the next stake.
You are strictly advised to keep all lottery information secret from the general public, especially your reference and ticket numbers (This is important to avoid double claims that may warrant disqualification).

Congratulations once again from all our staffs and thank you for being part of our promotions program.

Yours Sincerely,

Mrs. Helen Spencer. (Lottery Coordinator/Public Relations Officer)
(www.palaceofbingo.com)

N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to disqualification.
Please do not reply to this mail. Contact your Claims agent immediately.

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