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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: "STAATSLOTTERIJ INTERNATIONAL B.V." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <david_botha@outlook.com>
Date: Fri, 10 May 2013 21.39.11 +0200
Subject: STAATSLOTTERIJ INTERNATIONAL B.V.WINNING DETAILS

STAATSLOTTERIJ INTERNATIONAL B.V.
CLAIM DEPARTMENT OFFICE,
Paleisstraat 5, 2514 JA 'S-Gravenhage,
Netherlands.
www.staatsloterij.nl

The STAATSLOTTERIJ INTERNATIONAL B.V is approved by the Netherlands Gaming Board and also licensed by the International Association of Gaming Regulators I.A.G international emails. Held on the 22nd of April, 2013. All winnings must be claim not later than 31st of May, 2013, after this date, unclaimed funds will be returned to the Lotto. NL

Your email address won the 2nd category of our lottery programme for a total pay-out of 850,000.00 EURO no tickets were sold but all email addresses were assigned to different ticket numbers for representation and privacy.

To file for your claim, please contact your claim agent with the below details
**************************
Name: Mr. David Botha
Tel: +31-626-496-615
E-mail: david_botha@outlook.com
**************************
In other to claim your 850,000.00 EURO prize winning, you will have to fill the form below and send it back for verification and then you will be directed how to get
a ticket in your name.

NAME:……………………………….
AGE:………………………………….
SEX:………………………………….
MOBILE PHONE:……………………………..
Occupation:………………………….
COUNTRY:………………………….

Please remember to quote your Winning Numbers:

Category Number:181830/PQA/926
Ref. Number: CEF/004.INT/052
Serial Number:027240879
Ticket Number:NL/SL-44-34-1507
Lucky Number: 33,25,3,12,36,65

Yours faithfully,
Mrs Eava Van Boer
Online coordinator
Sweepstakes International Program.



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