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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: rjohnsonloto@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:26:29 +0530 (IST)
Subject: YOUR EMAIL WON.


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: madamdeb303@yahoo.in



- FROM: THE DIRECTOR OF THE PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT REFERENCE NUMBER: SAFA 2010/AFRICA 2008.BATCH NUMBER: 154-02I-CAF .RE: AWARD NOTIFICATION CONGRATULATIONS YOU ARE A WINNER We are pleased to inform you today as one of the luckywinners of our Soccer World Cup Draws held by Confederation of Africa Football (CAF)/South African Football Association (SAFA) to promote the first ever soccer world cup in Africa which will be held 2010 in South Africa,Participants in the draws were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 2,500,000 e-mailaddresses of dividuals and companies from Africa,America,Asia,Australia, Canada, Europe, MiddleEast,and New Zealand as part of our electronic business Promotions Program.You are qualified for this draw as a result of you visiting various websites we are running the Electronic-business promotions for. You/Your Company e-mail address attached with REFERENCE NUMBER: SAFA 2010/AFRICA 2008, BATCH NUMBER: 154-02I-CAF with serial number 000-1!
9 drew The lucky numbers 2-2-14-13-6-36 and consequently won in the Fitst quarter of the 2008 year draw. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of $2,200,000.00 in cash, which is the winning payout for First category winners. This is from the total prize money of US$15,000,000.00 shared among the seven winners in the First category.CONGRATULATIONS!Your winnings should be claimed from our paying Agents. (WINDSOR FINANCE LIMITED) as we have notified them. Due to the mix-up that may arise from emails of winners and numbers,we ask that you keep this award strictl from public notice until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to you. 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 willparticipate in our end of year (2008) high stakes US$1.2 billion International Lottery. To begin your claim,please contact our agent whoalso will be your clai!
ms agent.RICHARD JOHNSON CLAIMS/FINANCE MANAGER WINDSOR FINANCE LIMITE
D SANDTON,SOUTH AFRICA TEL:+44-7045718895 :+44-7045718896 EMAIL:rjohnsonloto@gmail.com For due processing and remittance of your prize money,Remember you must contact your claim agent not later than two weeks After this date,otherwise,all funds will be returned as Unclaimed.Please contact your claims manager and provide him with the requested information so that he can Expedite the processing of your claims.NAME:______________________COUNTRY:________________________ADDRESS:______CITY:____________________STATE/PROV:____________ZIP/POSTAL:_________PHONE:________________FAX:__________EMAIL:______________REFERENCE NUMBER:_____________ BATCH NUMBER:________________AGE:_____________NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your Reference and Batch numbers in every one of your correspondences with your agent. Furthermore you are seriously advised to keep all winning lottery information and numbers from the public in line with our company!
security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by unscrupulous individuals. Again, should there be any change in your address, do inform your claims agent as soon as possible.Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for being part of ourPromotions program.Yours sincerely,Customers Service Department Debbie Lamoree Cafsafa Lotteries. N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to disqualification.Anybody below the age of 18 is automatically disqualified,You are obliged to donate 10% of your winning to any listed charity organization in South Africa.Please contact your claims manager EMAIL:rjohnsonloto@gmail.com


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