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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: "Euro Jackpot." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <cwjhboon@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2015 12:15:09 +0200
Subject: Euro Details.

Dear Sir/Madam.

The Netherlands Euro Jackpot Company, write to inform you that you have been approved to receive the sum of €1,120,000.00 (One Million, One Hundred and Twenty Thousand Euro Only) in our European Wealth Creation program of the month of September, 2015. Below are your payment details.

Program Batch Number: 07/2015
Payment Reference Numbers: EJT-129-08/2015.

This Wealth Creation Program is a monthly program from the Euro Jackpot in The Netherlands and you don't need to purchase anything from us to part take in this program. All beneficiary are gotten through email selection system hence you have to provide our payment consultant with your full details and telephone number to enable them process and release the payment to you. We advice you write and call them through the below information's.

Sourthern Consultancy.
(Financial & Security)
Hoofddorp, The Netherlands.
Email: cwjhboon@gmail.com

We hope you use the funds judiciously.

Sincerely Yours,
Ms. Merel Thijs.
(Program Director).
Euro Jackpot.
Postbus 3074,
2280 GB Rijswijk.
KvK 41151075.
© 2014 The license for our Wealth Creation is issued by
the Gaming Authority under reference 00,011,886 dated 15/04/13.
Disclaimer: The information contained in this email is confidential. If the reader is not the intended recipient or you are the intended recipient but do not wish to claim your funds,you must notify the sender immediately by return email and then delete all copies of this email. You must not copy, distribute, print or otherwise use the information. Email may be stored by the Company to support operational activities. All information will be held in accordance with the Company’s Privacy Policy which can be found on our website.

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