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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: "CONGRAGULATIONS YOU HAVE WON" <info@post.nl>
Reply-To: claimdepartinfo@aim.com
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2011 04:25:14 -0000
Subject: Postcode Announcement

Postcode Announcement

We are pleased to inform you of the final announcement of postcode online
promo programme you have won $1,000,000.00 dollars from postcode casino
international. NL urgenly get to the below contact immediately for your
claim.
****************************************************
Customer Address:
Customer Full Name:
Customer Contact Numbers:
Tell : +31-686-142-655
Fax : +31-847-367-971
Email: claimdepartinfo@aim.com
****************************************************
Lucky Number: 6459/9734/5725: Ref Number: ES/8657/6897/7698:

Sincerely Yours,
Contact: Dr. Johannes Beugels.
Mrs. Caroline Tensen (Public Relation Officer)
De Lotto (Official Website: www.postcodeloterij.nl)
Tel: 0900-0202 (€ 0, 20 p/min.)

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