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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "claims office" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
1. They don't notify winners by email.
2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
7. 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.
- +31647303117 (Netherlands, prepaid mobile phone)
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- claimsprizedept@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

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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