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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 about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs.Van Hall" <vahall@exclusivemail.co.za> (may be fake)
Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 12:36:50 -0800
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!

SA2010/CRESTERWINNERS.ORG
220 BLAIR ROAD, PINETOWN,
DURBAN, KWAZULU NATAL, SOUTH AFRICA

CONGRATULATIONS!

FROM: Mrs.Van Hall
Lottery Coordinator.
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,

ATTENTION:WINNER
REF: ZAR/28407677/2006
BATCH: 11/596809/KC/MFP

RE/ AWARD NOTIFICATION; FINAL NOTICE


Sir/Madam

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Lottery Winners International programs held on the friday 24 Feb. 2006. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number 356-00098-3211-222 with serial number 818-09 drew lucky numbers 14-41-25-19-49-37 which consequently won in the 2nd category, you have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of ZAR 6,000,000.00(ONE Million US dollars)
CONGRATULATIONS!!!

To file for your claim, please contact our/your fiducial agent

Rosemary Jeffers
DEPUTY DIRECTOR
INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT
ALLSTER SECURITY COMPANY
TEL: +27-82-869-9086
EMAIL:allssecco@webmail.co.za,claims206@webmail.co.za

Note that all winning must be claimed not later than 13 March 2006. After this date all unclaimed,funds will be included in the next stake. Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please remember to quote your reference number and batch numbers in all correspondence. Furthermore,should there be any change of address do inform our agent as soon as possible.

Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep your winning information very confidential till your claims has been processed and your prize/money Remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants.

Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for being part of our promotional program.

Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically
disqualified. prove of birth required


Sincerely yours,

Mrs.Van Hall
Lottery Coordinator.
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
vahall@exclusivemail.co.za


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