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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: " Staatsloterij Promotion , Customer Service"
<StaatsloterijPromotion@demo.com>
Reply-To: staatsloterij23@qq.com
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2017 12:41:42 +0100
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS



--
Staatsloterij promotion ,
Customer Service.


OFFICIAL WINNING NOTIFICATION


We hereby wish to inform you that your e-mail ID has €1,000,000 (one
Million Euros only) won in the first step of
our computer ballot email lottery with the said winning numbers giving
below;Reference Number: 54327PL,Batch Number:
2971KL and Lucky Numbers: 8928/12ST.

This is an independent promotion and it's unconnected to any
publication, no purchase necessary.All participants were
selected through our Microsoft computer ballot system drawn from 32,000
Names, 8,000 names from each continent, as part
of International "E-MAIL"Promotions Program, for our prominent WORD
user all over the world,and for the Continues
use of E-mail.

To claim your winning chances, please contact our Claim Processing
Department urgently: -

Staatsloterij Claim Dept.
E-mail:staatsloterij23@qq.com
Tel: +31- 684-807-887
Fax:+31-847-185-133

You are also advice to provide them with the following information: -

Your name: -
Phone / Fax: -
country

Congratulations once again from management and employees of the
company.

Sincerely,
Llewellyn Carstens.
staatsloterij promotion

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