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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: ddehans4@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 04 Mar 2021 09:00:13 +0100
Subject: HI



Ref Number: AVLKM/017H7/2021
Batch Number: XXF001-NLS/21BD
Tick Number: 99QH/QPO67-NLH1

Attn: .

We officially congratulate you as we acknowledge our receipt of your email=
message/winnings details as stated above, presenting you as one of the luc=
ky winners in the Lucky Day Lottery NL winning entitlement valued at 1,520,=
000 EUR (0ne Million, Five Hundred and Twenty Thousand Euro Only). This pro=
gram is a Promotion/Free E-mail Address Sweepstakes sponsored by Dutch Yaho=
o mail server, KN-VB, Microsoft and consortium of software companies here i=
n the Netherlands. All participants were selected through a computer ballot=
system drawn from over 20,000 company and 30,000,000 individual email addr=
esses and names from all over the world drawn from Europe, Asia, Australia,=
New Zealand, Middle East, Africa, North and South America, you are among-s=
t the lucky recipients that emerge winner in the 2nd category. The purpose =
of this Sweepstakes program is our little way of contributing to poverty al=
leviation in our societies, encouraging self-reliance and financial indepen=
dence. Note that this is the very first time Lucky Day Lottery Company is c=
onducting a free lottery sweepstakes where lottery tickets were not sold as=
it is a promotion sweepstakes.To enable us process your winning documents,=
you are advised to provide the following under listed information to this =
department for the processing of your winning documents and procure the nec=
essary documents for the release of the winning funds to you.
(1). Your Full Names (As prefer to be Written on your Winning Documents):
(2). Your Tel/Fax Number:
(3). Your Country Origin:
(4). Amount Won:
(5). Your Age:
(6). Your Sex:
(7). Your Occupation
(8). Your Residential Address/Postcode:
(9). A valid Government approved proof of identification (Passport or Drive=
r's license) via email attachment or via fax. This is for record purposes a=
nd to ensure we are dealing with the right beneficiary to this claim.
(10). You are hereby advised to choose from the below preferable means with=
which you would want to receive your winning funds:
(A) Bank to Bank Transfer. =

(B) Come to our paying bank in the Netherlands to claim your winning funds.
Upon our receipt of the above requested information we will then file an ap=
plication with our Gaming Regulatory Board, get an Approval Document and su=
bmit your payment file to our payment banker=2019s for the release/payment =
of the winning funds to you. The processes of you receiving the winnings pa=
yment will be provided to you by our payment banker's upon our completion o=
f the application processes. All these processes will be completed within 2=
4hrs. Be informed here that all winnings must be claimed not later than 21 =
days upon your receipt of this email message, and that anybody under the ag=
e of 18 year is automatically disqualified and hereby not eligible to apply=
for a claim of this lottery winnings amount. This procedure is mandatory a=
s this is the only way you can receive the winning funds thereafter hence w=
e advice you kindly provide us with the above requested information with a =
valid copy of your ID so that we can file in an application with our Gaming=
Regulatory Board, get the approval for the payment of the winnings funds t=
o you.
NB: You are advised to keep your winning numbers secret from public notice,=
to avoid double claimant of some participant and non participant of this p=
rogram, till you receive your winnings funds. I hope to have given you the =
needed explanation for the release processes of your winnings funds to you.=
Should you still have any more questions do not hesitate to contact me wit=
h the below telephone number for further clarification.
I await your response/above required details.
=

Albert Van Goss (Mr.)
Claims processing consultant
Tel: +31 68 737 3562
Fax: +31 070 5590 0856 =

Email: eurwealthcreation@gmail.com =

http://www.lotto.nl=20

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