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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-L7otto" (may be fake)
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2010 02:31:19 +0100
Subject: *CONGRATULATION YOU ARE A WINNER*

SWISS LOTTO NETHERLANDS
Dijkstraat 40,
4322 AA, Scharendijke,
Netherlands.
https://www.swisslotto.ch



CONGRATULATIONS!!! YOU HAVE WON 750,000 Euro

You have been awarded 750,000 euro in the SWISS LOTTO NETHERLANDS Satellite Software email lottery in which e-mail addresses are picked randomly by Software powered by the Internet through the worldwide website.

Your email address was amongst those chosen this year for the SWISS LOTTO NETHERLANDS Satellite lottery. And this promotional program is proudly sponsored by the SWISS-LOTTO NETHERLANDS organization.

Your email address attached to Ref Number 14, 17, 18, 435, 7, with Serial Number 1869-12 drew the Lucky Numbers 10, and consequently won the lottery in the "A" Category. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of 750,000 euro.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet representative office. In View of this, your winning prize of 750,000 euro will be released to you by our accredited fiduciary agent located In the Netherlands. Our European accredited fiduciary agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the remittance of your winning prize as soon as you contact them.

This promotion takes place annually. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning details confidential till your claims is dully processed and your winning prize remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your winning prize. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted the abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements.

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

Mr. John pathuis
Email: remitdept@aol.nl
Tel: +31-64-726-4455
Fax: +31-84-717-4701

Provide him with the information’s as stated below:

(1) Name:
(2) Address:
(3) Marital:
(4) Age:
(5) Sex:
(6) Nationality:
(7) Country of Residence:
(8) Occupation:
(9) Telephone Number:
(10)Fax Number:
(11)Draw Lucky Number:
(12) Ref Number:
(13) Serial Number:

These details facilitate the due process and the release of your winnings prize, to avoid unnecessary delays and complications in the processing of your winning prize. Always remember to quote your Reference, serial and Lucky Numbers in all your correspondences with your designated fiduciary agent.

Congratulations once more from all members and staff of this program and Thank you for being part of our 2009 promotional program.
Sincerely,

Mr. Kenneth Gram
Online Games Director
SWISS LOTTO NETHERLANDS
Dijkstraat 40
4322 AA, Scharendijke,
Netherlands.
https://www.swisslotto.ch

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