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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: "omega crossing" <omegayabo@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 13:23:19 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS

CONGRATULATIONS

FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT

DEAR SIR/MADAM,

FINAL NOTICE OF AWARD NOTIFICATION
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today, 26/ 10/2006, of
winners
of the
YABO MILLIONARE/OMEGA CROSSING/INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS held on 18/ 10/ 2006
as
part of our promotional draws.
Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
2,500,000
email
addresses of individuals and companies from Africa, America , Asia,
Australia ,
Canada , Europe, Middle East,

and New Zealand as part of our electronic business Promotions Program.
You qualified for the draw as a result of you visiting various websites we
are
running the e-business

promotions for. You/Your Company, attached to ticket number 100-309-7482,
with
serial number 513-10 drew the
lucky numbers 9, 6, 12, 29, 30, 45, 49, and consequently won in the Second
Category. You have therefore

been approved for a lump sum pay out of S$2,000,000.00 in cash, which is the
winning payout for Second

category winners. This is from the total prize money of US$14,000,000.00
shared
among the seven international
winners in his Second category.







CONGRATULATIONS!
Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this award
strictly from public notice

until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to your account.
This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or
unscrupulous
acts by participants of this

program. We hope with a part of your prize, you will participate in our end
of
the year (2006) high stakes

US$1.3 billion International Lottery.
To begin your claim, please contact your claim agent immediately;
MR. KELEB MADOZA
PHONE:+27-836-743-344
EMAIL: agent_kelebomegacrossing@yahoo.ca
http://www.omegacrossing.8m.com
Contact Address: # 25 RICHARDS RYLAAN, AUCKLAND PARK , 0083
P.O. Box 524, AUCKLANDPARK
JOHANNESBURG 2001
SOUTH AFRICA
YABO MILLIONARE/OMEGA CROSSING.
For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated
account of
your choice. Remember,


you must contact your claim agent not later than two days of announcement.
After
this date, all funds

will be returned as unclaimed. NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays
and
complications, please

remember to quote your reference and batch numbers provided below in every
one
of your correspondences

with your
Claims agent. REFERENCE NUMBER: FLS-ZR39-825P-4 BATCH NUMBER: 74-263-BBN
Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being part
of
our promotions program.
Sincerely,
THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
YABO MILLIONARE/OMEGA CROSSING.
Address: # 25 RICHARDS RYLAAN,
AUCKLAND PARK, 0083
P.O. Box 524, AUCKLANDPARK
JOHANNESBURG 2001
SOUTH AFRICA.
N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to
disqualification.
Please do not reply to this mailbox. Contact your claims agent through his
email
contact above.

Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.

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