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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: Katjawebb@aol.com
Reply-To: alexander.gustaaf@aol.com
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2016 13:21:02 +0100
Subject: Email User


De Lotto NL
Promotional Office
Laan van Hoornwijck 55
2289 GB Rijswijk
KvK: 41151075
The Netherlands
Dear Sir/Madam,
We are pleased to inform you that your email address has won 955,000:00 Eu=
ro (Nine Hundred and Fifty Five Thousand Euro Only) in the Netherlands De L=
otto Sweepstakes promotional program, conducted January 7th, 2015, and the =
results were release today. This is a free promotional program sponsored by=
consortium of software companies, which means Lottery tickets were not sol=
d.
For more information/procedure of your winning claim, you are advice to co=
ntact our processing department with the contact information below, provide=
them with your winning details below and your winning email address.
Alexander Gustaaf (Mr.)
Lottery Processing Dept
Tel: +31 617562172
Fax: +31 205241426
Email: alexander.gustaaf@aol.com
Your Winning Details.
Ref No: NLD/587/58725
E-Ticket No: GLD-12-Q57-871
Serial No: KLF/0045/7839
NOTE: Please be warned, your winning and its entire information are to be =
kept strictly confidential, this is to avoid previous bad experience this p=
rogram has suffered, such as abuse of this program by other internet user w=
ho use the name of this company for unscrupulous activities and double clai=
ming of winning entitlement because of insecurity of winning information on=
the part of beneficiaries. Always call to ensure you are dealing with the =
right office.
Sincerely,
Katja Edwards (Mrs.)
Sweepstakes Coordinator
Visit our website at: http://www.lotto.nl =

Lotto is een onderdeel van De Lotto. Copyright(c) 2015 by De Lotto, the Net=
herlands.
The Free Lotto Awards is organized by consortium firm companies to encoura=
ge the use of the internet and promote computer literacy worldwide.

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