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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:
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
- ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "we advice you" (this email uses bad English)
- "claimsdepartment@delotto-nl.eu" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
- "drgilbertanderson@delotto-nl.eu" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
- This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
- They don't notify winners by email.
- You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
- They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
- They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
- They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
- They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
- They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
- This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
Fraud email example:
From: delottonlnederlands@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2019 12:21:47 +0100
Subject: Dear Sir/Madam
De Lotto NL/ Heineken International
Wealth Creation/ promotional Department
Laan van Hoornwijck 55
2289 DG Rijswijk
KvK: 41151075
The Netherlands
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Dear Sir/Madam.
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De Lotto Company in The Netherlands in conjunction with Heineken Internatio=
nal writes to inform you that your e-mail address has won the sum of 955,00=
0.00 (Nine Hundred and Fifty Five Thousand Euro Only) in our Wealth Creatio=
n program. =
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All beneficiaries were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from=
over 20,000 companies and 30,000,000 individual email addresses from all o=
ver the world and you emerge the lucky winner in the 1st category, hence yo=
u have to provide our payment consultant with your winning details below fo=
r further information regarding your prize.
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Your winning details:
Reference Numbers: NLD/1188/HYD/01/0578.
Program Batch Number: RSA/QQL/089733.
Serial Numbers: PKG/2585078/2016/11.
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We advice you write and call them through the below information.
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Gilbert Anderson (Dr.)
Claims processing consultant
Tel: +31 633 268 156
Fax: +31 207 192 231
E-mail: claimsdepartment@delotto-nl.eu
E-mail: drgilbertanderson@delotto-nl.eu =
http://www.lotto.nl =
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