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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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Fraud email example:

From: "SOUTH AFRICAN MILLIONAIRES LOTTERY" <promo_dept2005@yahala.co.il> (may be fake)
Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2005 09:58:05 -0700
Subject: Congratulations Winner !!!

SOUTH AFRICAN MILLIONAIRES LOTTERY
Madiba Complex,
Strijdom Park
Pretoria, 2019 S.A

Dear Sir/Madam,

This is to notify you of the announcement today that have been selected as one of the 3 winners of the SOUTH AFRICAN MILLIONAIRES LOTTERY held on the 28th of May 2005 for a cash prize of Euro 3,000,000.00 (THREE MILLION EURO) as part of our Second quarter of the year bonanza. Your name,attached to ticket number 077-8706-4612-200, with serial number 76201-11 drew the lucky numbers 49-70-72-24-32-45, and consequently won the lottery in category B. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of EURO3,000,000 in cash credited to file REF:IML/57721/XVA.

The selection process was carried out through random selection in our computerized email selection system(ESS) from a database of over 250,000 email addresses drawn from all the continents of the world.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

To begin your claim, please contact your prize money redemption officer for due processing and remittance of your prize money to you accordingly with your Full Names,Telephone and Email.

PRIZE REDEMPTION OFFICER
Mr Thomas Duma
Tel: +27-828671129
Email: redemption_dept@uk2.net OR redemption_dept@globalpinoy.com

If you do not contact your claims agent within 7 working days of this notification, your winnings would be revoked. Winners are advised to keep their winning details/information from the public to avoid fraudulent claim (IMPORTANT) pending the transfer/claim by Winner.

Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our promotions program.

Best Regards,
Mrs. Veronica Afrique
The Promotions Manager,
SOUTH AFRICAN MILLIONAIRES LOTTERY
N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to disqualification. Please do not reply to this mail Contact your claims agent.


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