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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:

The following fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
- "euro afro american lottery promotion" (no such lottery exists)
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "million united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
1. They don't notify winners by email.
2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +27718320101 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: rose michael <rosemichael_10@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2009 07:04:19 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS

Euro Afro American Lottery promotion
Switzerland.
>From the
desk of: Mrs. Rose Michael

Dear Sir\Madam

CONGRATULATIONS FOR YOUR WINNING:

We happily announce to you the draw of South African
2010 World cup Bid
lottery Award International
programs held in Zurich Switzerland.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: B9665 75604546 199
with Serial number 97560, drew the winning:60/84/27/17/36, which subsequently
won you the lottery award in the 2nd category. Your name have
therefore been approved to claim a total sum of US$2,000.000.00(Two million
United States Dollars) in cash credited to file KPC/9030108308/09.This is from
a total cash prize of US$400,000,000.00 (Four Hundred million United States
dollars) shared among the first 200 lucky winners in this category world-wide.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our lottery booklet
representative office in South Africa as indicate in the play coupon.

In view of this, your US$2,000.000.00(Two Million United States
Dollars)would be released to you through the assistance of our agent in South
Africa immediately he commence the process to facilitate the release of your
funds as soon as you contacted him. All participants were selected randomly from
World Wide Web site through computer draw system and extracted from over
100,000,00 companies and individual emails address.

The lottery program took place to promote South Africa's 2010
world cup award. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your
winning information confidential till your claims are processed and your money
remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize. This is
part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted
abuse of this program by some unscrupulous
elements.

Please you are advised to file for your
claim
immediately through our agent Mr. Louis S.
Botha
immediately you received this message because you
stand a
risk of losing the prize if you fail to claim
within a month from the day you
received this notification.

His e-mail address is:}

louis51botha@gala.net
Tell:+27-7183-2010-1.

Yours sincerely,

Mrs. Rose Michael.
(Zonal coordinator)

Pls. for your claim use this E-mail:}

louis51botha@gala.net

Tell:+27-7183-2010-1.
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