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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: "LOTTO.NL" <noreply@lotto.nl>
Reply-To: ericward786@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 08 Jul 2014 09:56:58 -0600
Subject: GREETINGS

Dear Internet User

We are pleased to notify you the "Winner" of our Lottery draws. This is a reward program for the patronage of
internet services and all email addresses entered for this promotional draws were randomly selected from an internet
resource database of registered software and domain users.

Category:C13

Reference Number: NLS 90 EU 1109
E-ticket number: 765-45556453 098
Amount: won 750,250.00 Euro ( Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand Two Hundred and Fifty Euro)

Note: This email was sent to officially notify you about the award winning and advise you to contact the claim processing
office immediately for the claim.

CLAIMS AGENT.
Name: Eric Ward
Telphone: 00-31-684-987-593
Email: ericward786@gmail.com

1. Full names:
2. Address:
3. Occupation:
4. Tel/Fax :
5. Nationality:
6. Winning Reference Number:

In line with the governing rules of claim, you are requested to provide the claims agent with the following information:

Yours faithfully,

Mrs. Roos van Hans
Head of Customer Service
Copyright / 2014 MasterCard Inc

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