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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: "Staats Loterij NL" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <claimsprizedept@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2019 04:01:16 +0200
Subject: Sweepstakes Winner

Staats Loterij Award Promotion.
The Netherlands
http://www.staatsloterij.nl

Attention Email Owner,

The board of directors members of the staatsloterij nederlands wishes to congratulate you this month of April 2019 in our euro Million Jackpot Promotion. Be aware that there were no ticket sold this comes with a jackpot prize of 1,020,000.00 Euro (One Million,Twenty Thousand Euros Only) in which e-mail addresses from Asia, Europe, Africa, Australia, United States, Canada, South America and Arab, were individuals emails was randomly picked by our computer spinball software computerized email selection system from a database of over a million email addresses.

Your email address was attached to the following reference lot winning numbers: 587/9876JB chosen this month in our jackpot promotion draw which consequently won the A category pay out of a lump sum of 1,020,000.00 Euro (One Million,Twenty Thousand Euros Only)

If you have received our email, kindly send us the below details so that we can authentic your information for verification purpose stating your receipt of this notification to facilitate your transfer in your name or direct our paying bank to effect the transfer of the funds to your designated bank account in your own country.

Authentic Your Information
1. Full Name:
2. Age:
3. Sex:
4. Marital Status:
5. Address:
6. Reference Lot number:
7. Occupation:
8. Country of Resident:
9. Nationality:
10. Phone:
11. Fax Number:

Thanks for been part in our Jackpot Promotion program. All claims that are not processed would be nullified after 10 working days. We wish you the best of lucky as you spend your good fortune. Please keep all your information's from public notice in order to avoid an Independent doctrine of double claim as any breach of confidentiality of your winnings will result to disqualification.

Claims Officer: Sir.Lucas Krol
Phone Contact: +31 647303117
0800-023-1303: only in the Netherlands
E-mail: claimsprizedept@gmail.com

Sincerely,

David Seiler
Chairman management lottery gaming board Nederland's

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