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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: "GAMING CORPORATION" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <infobv2@aim.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:51:26 -0500
Subject: WINNING NUMBER: OL/565/300/17...

ONLINE LOTTO AND GAMING CORPORATION
LAAN VAN HOORNWIJCK 55
2289 DG RIJSWIJK THE NETHERLANDS
WEBSITE: www.lotto.nl

MONTH OF FEBRUARY ONLINE LOTTO AND GAMING CORPORATION.

WINNING NUMBER: OL/565/300/17

OUR DEAR WINNER,

THIS IS TO NOTIFY YOU THAT YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS HAS WON ONLINE LOTTO AND GAMING CORPORATION SUM OF (ONE MILLION EURO) NOTE THAT, ALL PARTICIPANTS WERE SELECTED BY THEIR MAILING ADDRESSES/NAMES THROUGH COMPUTER BALLOT SYSTEM DRAWN IN ASSOCIATION WITH WORLD WEB INCORPORATION AND FROM OTHER LOTTERY INSTITUTE. YOU ARE ONE OF THE LUCKY WINNERS OUT OF 40,000 PARTICIPANTS. THE PROGRAMME WHICH WAS PROMOTED AND SPONSORED BY EUROPEAN LOTTERY GUILDS AND SOME OF THE WORLD BIGGEST INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY INSTITUTE THAT INCLUDE LOTTO, EURO MILLIONS, ETC HAS BEEN THE BIGGEST EVER PLAYED IN THE WORLD WHICH HAS CHANGED THE LIFE OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE. WE HOPE WITH PART OF YOUR WINNING YOU WILL TAKE PART IN OUR NEXT 650 MILLION EUROS INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY.

WE THEREBY CONTACT YOU TO CLAIM YOUR WINNING AMOUNT QUICKLY AS THIS IS A MONTHLY LOTTERY. FAILURE TO CLAIM YOUR WINNING WILL RESULT INTO THE REVERSION OF OUR FOLLOWING MONTH LOTTERY. (THE EXPIRATION DATE IS 29TH OF FEBRUARY, 2012. PLEASE CONTACT OUR APPROVED AGENT BELOW WITH YOUR WINNING NUMBER ABOVE.

ONLINE LOTTO AND GAMING CORPORATION AGENCY.
MRS. ANA PAULA FILIPE.
(DIRECTOR OF WINNING CLAIMS DEPARTMENT).
TEL: +31-683-296-443
E-MAIL: infobv2@aim.com

WARNING: BEWARE OF SCAM IN CASE YOU RECEIVE ANY DOCUMENTS SIMILAR TO THIS DO NOT HESITATE TO INFORM US, PLEASE KEEP THIS NOTICE CONFIDENTIAL (2012 ELG, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED) OVERSEAS SUBSCRIBERS AGENTS IS A GOVERNMENT-LICENSED LOTTERY SERVICE AGENCY, WHICH HAS BEEN MARKETING NATIONAL LOTTERIES TO OVERSEAS SUBSCRIBERS FOR OVER 20 YEARS. ACTING AS AGENTS ON BEHALF OF LOTTERY PLAYERS AROUND THE WORLD, QS MAKES IT POSSIBLE FOR YOU TO ENTER GOVERNMENT LOTTERIES, SUCH AS THE NETHERLANDS LOTTERY, SPANISH LOTTERY ETC...

REGARDS,

MRS. CHRISTY KROON.
(PROMOTION DIRECTOR).

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