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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: <europeanwealthcreationdept@gmail.com>
Reply-To: <lotterywinsprocessingdept@aol.nl>
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2015 11:02:50 +0100
Subject: Lucky Winner

De Lotto NL
Wealth Creation Office
Laan van Hoornwijck 55
2289 DG Rijswijk
KvK: 41151075
The Netherlands

Dear Sir/Madam.

The Netherlands DeLotto Company, write to inform you that you have been approved to receive the sum of 550,000.00 (Five Hundred and Fifty Thousand Euro Only) in our European Wealth Creation program for the month of December, 2015.

This Wealth Creation Program is a European Union (EU) monthly program organize in conjunction with DeLotto NL in The Netherlands and you don't need to purchase anything from us to part take in this program.

All beneficiaries were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from over 20,000 companies and 30,000,000 individual email addresses from all over the European Union (EU) and you emerge the lucky winner in the 1st category, hence you have to provide our payment consultant with your payment details below for further information regarding your prize.

Your payment details:
Program Batch Number: 10/2015
Payment Reference Numbers: NLD-042-DL/11/2015.

We advice you write and call them through the below information.

Harrie Limburg (Dr.)
Claims processing consultant
Tel: +31 686 165 730
Fax: +31 207 192 231
E-mail: claimsdepartment@delotto-nl.eu
E-mail: lotterywinsprocessingdept@aol.nl
E-mail: harrielimburg@delotto-nl.eu
http://www.lotto.nl
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