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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@mail.ardhi.go.tz>
Reply-To: mrssusan.bosse2016@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2016 12:02:22 +1200
Subject: Congratulations!!

LOTTO Hamburg GmbH
Uberseering 4
22297 Hamburg
D-Hamburg, Germany.

Your Reference: LH/16-DE/4563
Batch Number: LH/11/16

Congratulations!!!

We are pleased to inform you that your email identity has emerged winner of EUR 2.500,000 (Two million five hundred thousand Euro) in our LOTTO Hamburg GmbH online end of year draws for 2016 conducted last week. Your email address was attached to serial number: 05-3498 and drew the winning numbers;5 11 12 13 32 40 22.

For more information and release details please contact your assigned release manager, Mrs.Susan Bosse of the Paying insurance/finance company,through his email address below;

Mrs.Susan Bosse
Zurich Professional and Risk Services,
Email: mrssusan.bosse2016@yahoo.com
Email: mrssusan.bosse2016@gmail.com

Endeavor to quote your reference (LH/16-DE/4563) and batch numbers (LH/11/16) in every correspondence with your claims agent.

Congratulations once again and we thank you for been a part of this program.

Yours faithfully,
Dr. Schmitz Lange,
Managing Director,
LOTTO Hamburg GmbH.

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