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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: silverstarlottery_orgltd@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 16:07:14 +0200
Subject: Congratulations You Have Won Claim Your Lucky Winning Prize/Contact Your Claims Agent Now!!!

LOTTERY AWARD PROMOTIONAL PROGRAMME

FROM THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
MR MICHEAL SMITH.
SILVER STAR INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY PROGRAMS.
165 GARDEN CITY AVE. PRETORIA,
JOHANNESBURG,SOUTH AFRICA

INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT

ATT: THE WINNERS

FINAL NOTICE OF AWARD NOTIFICATION We are pleased to inform you of the
announcement
to you today 12/12/2006, of winners of the SILVER STAR INTERNATIONAL
LOTTERY PROGRAMS,
held in SOUTH AFRICA as part of our promotional draws. Participants
were selected through
a computer ballot system drawn from 3,550,000 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 our
visiting Various websites we are running the e-business promotions
for.You/Your Company,
attached to ticket number 401-711-6495, with serial number 600-40 drew
the lucky ! numbe!
rs 3, 10, 13, 24, 32, 45, 49, and consequently won
in the Second Category. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum
pay out of US$5,000,
000.00 in cash,(FIVE MILLION US DOLLARS) which is the winning payout
for Second category winners.
This is from the total prize money of US$35,000,000.00 (THIRTYFIVE
MILLION US DOLLARS)shared among
the seven international winners in the first category.
CONGRATULATIONS!
Your fund is now deposited in one of the finance and Security Company
insured in your email address.
Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this
award strictly and confidentail
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 mid year
(2007) high stakes US$2.3 billion
International Lottery.

To claim your winning prize, please contact your claim agent
immediately;

CLAIM OFFICE
MR.JAMES BIKO
FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER,
SILVER STAR INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY
JOHANNESBURG, S.A
TEL: +27-839421052.
EMAIL;jamesbiko2010@aim.com
LANDLINE Tel:0121 672 987 445(ext127)

NAME:..................................
ADDRESS:...............................
NATIONALITY:...........................
SEX:...................................
AGE:...................................
PHONE/MOBILE:..........................
FAX:...................................
OCCUPATION:............................
COMPANY:...............................
BATCH/WINNING NUMNBER:............................................

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 one month. 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-ZF88-311P-8 BATCH NUMBER: 2- 7-288-BCN. Congratulations once again
from all our staff and
thank you for being part of our promotions program.
Sincerely,
Congratulations from the staff & members of the national lottery board
commission
N.B. Any brea! ch of confidentiality on the part of the
winners will result to disqualification. Please do not
reply to this mail box. Contact your claims agent
through his email contact above.

Copyright ? 1994-2006 The International Lottery Inc.
All rights reserved. Terms of Service - Guideline

100 77 2222 302 678908ZA
Thanks and best regard
Mr JAMES BIKO (the claim agent)SA.

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