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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: "Mrs. Sandra Vogt" <info@staatsloterijj.nl>
Reply-To: raphael-albrecht1@web.de
Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2024 22:11:30 +0100
Subject: You Have Won !!

De Nederlandse Staatsloterij
Paleisstraat 5
2514 JA The Hague
stateloto@mail2netherlands.com
http://www.staatsloterij.nl


INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION / PRIZE AWARD DEPT.

REF Number : FLA2076137
BATCH Number : 03/9364235/04
TICKET Number : 816372
SERIAL Number : 5263/04
LUCKY Number : 9-11-37-19-21-3 4

Dear lucky Winner,

We wish to congratulate and inform you on the selection of the ( De Nederlandse Staatsloterij ) cash prize €500,000.00 Euros held in Netherlands.The selection process was carried out through random selection in Our computerized email selection system (ESS) from a database of over 55,000,000 worldwide email addresses.

Your winning pin is AWL 07/2024/070100. You are to keep your pin and winning confidential for security reasons and also to avoid dual claims.

NOTE: That all winnings must be claimed not later than 31st of December 2024. After this date all unclaimed funds will be included in the next stake. Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.

To file for your claim, please contact our / your processing agent below Mr. Raphael Albrecht followed with the below required information.

Mr. Raphael Albrecht
Email: claim.department@mail2winner.com

1.Name in full:
2.Your Address:
3.Nationality:
4.Copy of your ID card or international passport:
5.Occupation:
6.Sex:
7.Phone/Fax:
8.Present Country:

Winners are advised to keep their winning details from the public to avoid Fraudulent claims, Staff of the staatsloterij Netherlands are not Authorize to partake in this Lottery.

Yours truly
Mrs. Sandra Vogt
State Lottery Lottery Coordinator

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