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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: winnerozonepromo@zipmail.com.br
Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2005 15:11:09 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?WINNING=20NOTIFICATION?=

OZONE PROMO LOTTERY BV.
DWERGPALMSTRAAT 4
2100 KE AMSTERDAM,
THE NETHERLANDS.

FROM: OFFICE OF THE PROMOTION MANAGER,
OZONE PROMO LOTTERY BV

REF NO: OPLB/XWG04
BATCH: XT873/06-XZT

Dear Sir / Madam,

RE: AWARD NOTIFICATION / FINAL NOTICE

We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today
of winners of the OZONE PROMO LOTTERY BV.,THE
NETHERLANDS, an International Program held on 25th
November 2004. Your email address was attached to the
ticket number 1763; with serial number: 4222-00, drew
the lucky numbers: 770278, and consequently won the
lottery in the 1st category.

You have hereby been approved for a lump sum payment
of US$1.5m in cash credited to your file REFERENCE
NUMBER:OPLB/XWG04. This is from total prize money of
US$15,000.000.00 shared among the ten (10)
International winners in this category. All
participants were selected through a computer Ballot
system drawn from 100,000 email addresses from
AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, AMERICA, EUROPE,ASIA, NORTH
AMERICA and AFRICA as part of international promotions
program, which is conducted annually.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Your fund is now deposited with a Finance House here
in THE NETHERLANDS and insured in your favour. Due to
the mixed up of some numbers and mail addresses we ask
that you keep this award strictly from public notice
until your claim has been processed and your money
remitted to your account. This is part of our security
protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts
by participants of this program.

To begin your claim, please contact our claim
Department below immediately:

MR DAVID THISSEN
DIRECTOR CLAIMS
OZONE PROMO LOTTERY BV., THE NETHERLANDS
E-MAIL ID:ozonebv@netscape.net

For due processing and remittance of your prize money
to a designated account of your choice.Remember,all
prize money must be claimed not later than 28TH
March, 2005. After this date, all funds will be
returned to us as unclaimed.

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

Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you
for being part of our promotions program. You are
advised to inform us of your receipt of this mail.

Sincerely,

MR JOHAN VAN RALTE
THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
OZONE PROMO LOTTERY BV.,
THE NETHERLANDS




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