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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: noreply@luckyday.nl
Reply-To: winningsprocessingdept@aol.nl
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2016 05:57:38 +0200
Subject: Congratulations!! Lucky Day Lottery Prize Winner!!!


Lucky Day Company NL.
Postbus 3074
2280 GB Rijswijk
The Netherlands.
Website: http://www.luckyday.nl

Dear Lucky Winner!

We wishes to congratulate you over your success in the just concluded and o=
fficial publication of results of the e-mail electronic online Sweepstakes =
Promotional Award program. We are pleased to inform you that your e-mail ac=
count has won 5,520,000:00euro (Five Million, Five Hundred & Twenty Thousan=
d Euro Only) in the Lucky Day Lottery sweepstakes program, conducted Tuesda=
y 25th October 2016, and the results were release today. This Lottery is a =
free promotional program sponsored by consortium of software companies, whi=
ch means Lottery tickets were not sold.

For more information's/claim procedure of your winnings Funds, you are advi=
ce to contact our claims processing department with the contact information=
below, and provide them with your winning numbers as stated below.

Contact Person: Mr. Bob Bambert.
For: Winnings Processing Dept.
Tel: +31 65-922-7335
Fax: +31 84-4380-083
E-mail: winningsprocessingdept@aol.nl

Your Winning Numbers.
Ref Number: AAGHTF-7745/16W
Batch Number: JMFG/092L-4537
Ticket Number: Q132NL-HDG01P

NOTE: Please be warned, your winning and its entire information are to be k=
ept strictly confidential, this is to avoid previous bad experience this pr=
ogram has suffered, such as abuse of this program by other internet user wh=
o use the name of this company for unscrupulous activities and double claim=
ing of winning entitlement because of insecurity of winning information on =
the part of beneficiaries. Always call to ensure that you are dealing with =
the right department. If you find this message in your spam is due to your =
internet provider.

Yours sincerely,
Mona Carman (Mrs).
Sweepstakes Coordinator.
(c) 2016 Lucky Day Lottery NL. All Rights Reserved.
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