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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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Fraud email example:

From: tchestlottery <tchestlotto@latinmail.com> (may be fake)
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 11:42:46 -0500
Subject: AWARD NOTIFICATION



Treasure Chest Sweepstakes Lottery,
Nachtwachtlaan 20,
Amsterdam 1058 EA,
Netherlands

BONANZA ! BONANZA !! BONANZA !!!

Hurray! You have been selected as one of the five
lucky winners in

the second edition of the TREASURE CHEST SWEEPSTAKES
promotional

draw. You have therefore been approved for a huge
payout of 1.6

Million Euros (One Million, Six Hundred Thousand Euros
Only)!

How was the selction process done?

Winners were randomly selected from an initial
database of 500,000

emails which was eventually downsized to 5,000 from
which we

eventually selected the final and lucky five. The
process was done

through the computerized email balloting system
selecting emails from

The Middle East, Asia, Africa, Canada, Europe, USA and
South America.

The process of collecting your winnings is to be
handled by our Prize

Transfer Agents. To ensure a smooth collection of your
grand prize,

You are to contact our agents by email or fax within a
week of

receiving this notice. Please find full contact
details below:

Steven Nicks,
Foreign Service Manager,
De Diamant Finance,
De Ruyterkade 6,
1013 AA Amsterdam
Netherlands
Tel: 31 619 928 076
Fax: 31 205 248 515
Email: claimsagentsteve@latinmail.com

When you contact your claims agent please provide him
with the

following information below:


Ref No: TCL/31251311-73
Grand Draw No: 12099
Secret pin code: 7769847

Furthermore you are seriously advised to keep all
winning lottery

information and numbers from the public in line with
our company

security protocol to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted abuse of

this program by unscrupulous individuals.Please do not
reply to this

mail, contact your claims agent as instructed above.



On behalf of all our staff in Treasure Chest
Sweepstakes Lotto

program, accept my Congratulations!

Mr. Ruud Van Gaal
The Marketting Manager,
Treasure Chest Sweepstakes Lottery.


!


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