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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: The Lottery Nederlands <mrpetercummings0@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2023 19:46:57 +0100
Subject: WINNING AWARD

LOTTO NEDERLANDS PROMOTION.

Nederlandse Loterij
Laan van Hoornwijck 55
2289 DG Rijswijk
www.lotto.nl

Ref: REF NO. OYL/25041238013/02.
Batch: 2400319/ IPD

Dear Winner,

WINNING INFORMATION

We write and happily announce to you the draw of Lottery the
Netherlands Special Global Award. Your e-mail address attached to
winning numbers 023-0148-790-996 with a serial number 7073-25. You
have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of €3,750.000.00
Euros in cash credited to file REF NO. OYL/27041238013/22.)in cash
credited to file Ref NO. OYL/25041238013/02. This software is known as
Random Access Program (RAP).It picks winners Email addresses from the
internet and through a random process,

This is from total prize money of €90,400,000.00 Euros shared among
the seventeen International winners in this category. All participants
were selected through a COMPUTER BALLOT SYSTEM drawn from 25,000 names
from Australia,New Zealand,America,Europe, North America,South America
and Asia as part of International promotions Program, which is
conducted annually.

To begin your claim, please Contact your claim Agent;

DR. MAKUACH DIING
Email : mdiingatlaw@gmail.com
FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER,
For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated
account of your choice.

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please
remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in every one of
your Correspondences with your agent. Furthermore, should there be any
change of your address, do inform your claims agent as soon as
possible.

Congratulations again from all our staffs and thank you for being part
of this Draws program.


Peter Van Cummings
(The Netherlands Promotion Team)

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