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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 LOTTERY" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <nationalepostcodelotterij@yahoo.be>
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2014 21:35:12 -0000
Subject: POSTCODE LOTTERY WINNER

Attn:Winner

We wish to inform you that your e-mail account has won One Million Euros in our new year National lottery programe, January, 2014 with the following winning information:Reference Number:64@27BE,Ticket Number:453/5JG,Batch Number: 2971BENELUX and Lucky Numbers: 892/68BXL/14YR.
To claim your winning, We advice you to call or email our Claim Processing Department urgently:

Mr.Pieter Hendriks
Nationale Postcode Claim Dept.
E-mail: nationalepostcodelotterij@yahoo.be
info.postcodelotterijdept@mynet.com
Tel: +32 486-409-770
Fax:+32 486-409-770
Belgium

You are also advice to provide the following information:

Your full names:
Phone number(s):
Fax:
Contact address:
Date of birth:
Marital status:
Nationality:

Congratulations once again.

Gilbert Den Han
For: Mr.Pieter Hendriks.

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