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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: (SWISS LOTTO NETHERLANDS) adiyaboldn@mongol.net
Date:
Subject: Ticket Number 641-9830170/OPK

SWISS LOTTO NETHERLANDS,
Maerlandtweg 35, 2921 LC,
Krimpen Aan Den Ijssel, Netherlands.
https://www.swisslotto.ch


CONGRATULATIONS!!!.....YOU HAVE WON ˆ850,000.00 EURO

You have been awarded ˆ850,000.00 Euros in the SWISS LOTTO NETHERLANDS
in which e-mail addresses

are picked randomly by Software powered by the internet through the
World Wide Web.

Your email address was amongst those chosen this year for the SWISS
LOTTO NETHERLANDS. And this

promotion is proudly sponsored by the SWISS LOTTO NETHERLANDS
organization.

Your email address, attached to Ticket Number 641-9830170/OPK,
Reference Number

NLD-BBO/11217/2532, Serial Number 25081203 drew the Lucky Numbers
7-12-01-17-98-25-323, and

consequently won the lottery in the first Category. You have therefore
been approved for a lump

sum pay out of ˆ850,000.00 Euro.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European
Booklet representative

office in Europe. In View of this, your ˆ850,000.00 Euro will be
released to you by our fiduciary

agent in Europe. Our European agent will immediately commence the
process to facilitate the

release of your lottery winning prize as soon as you contact them.

All participants were selected randomly from the World Wide Web
through
computer draw System and

extracted from over 100,000,000 email addresses.

This promotion takes place annually. For security reasons, you are
advised to keep your winning

details confidential till your claims is processed and your winning
prize remitted to you in

whatever option you choose to Claim your winning prize. This is part
of
our precautionary measure

to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some
unscrupulous elements.

To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent:


Fiduciary Agent: Mr. Marzeen Gluvart

Tel: +31- 68-509-6429

Email: fiducswissnl@live.com

Provide him with the information below.


1. Name:
2. Address:
3. Marital Status:
4. Occupation:
5. Age:
6. Sex:
7. Nationality:
8. Country of Residence:
9. Telephone Number:
10. Fax Number:
11. Ticket Number:
12. Reference Number:
13. Serial Number:
14. Lucky Numbers:
15. Category:

These details facilitate the release process of your lottery winning
prize; to avoid unnecessary

delays and complications in the processing of your lottery winning
prize, always remember to

quote your Ticket, Reference, Serial and Lucky Number in all your
correspondences with us or our

designated agent.

Congratulations once again from all members and staff of this
promotional program and Thank you

for being part of our lottery program this year.

Yours truly,
Hoffman Meijer
Online Games Director
SWISS LOTTO NETHERLANDS ,
Maerlandtweg 35, 2921 LC,
Krimpen Aan Den Ijssel , Netherlands .
https://www.swisslotto.ch

N: B - PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL CORRESPONDENT WILL BE TEMPORARILY BE
THROUGH EMAIL UNTIL 24 HOURS

BEFORE PAY-OUT THEN YOU WILL BE NOTIFIED BY TELEPHONE.

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