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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: "Sweepstakes International Program." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <staatslotterijinternational_agnt@aol.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2014 18:54:30 +0200
Subject: Online coordinator!!!

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 September 27th, 2014. All winnings must be claim not later than October 31st, 2014, after this date, unclaimed funds will be returned to the Lotto, NL.



Your email address won the lottery of our on-going award 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.



Please remember to quote your reference number and batch numbers:



Ref/Batch Number: 181830/PQA/926

Qualification Number: CEF/004/INT/052

Serial Number: 027240879

Ticket Number: NL/SL-44-34-1507

Category/Lucky Number: 33,25,3,12,36,65



To file for your claim, please contact your claim agent with the below details



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:………………………………….

ADDRESS:………………………….

EMAIL:………………………………

PHONE:……………………………..

OCCUPATION:…………………….

COMPANY:…………………………

COUNTRY:………………………….



CONGRATULATIONS!

CALL NOW TO CLAIM YOUR WINNING PRIZE

Tel: (+31)645813092

E-mail: staatslotterijinternationalagnt@aol.com

Yours faithfully,

Mrs Eava Van Boer

Online coordinator

Sweepstakes International Program.

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