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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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Fraud email example:

From: "kuhmlo johnson" <johnson_kuhmlo25@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 03 Nov 2004 17:27:14 +0200
Subject: SOUTH AUSTRALIAN INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY PRIZE RELEASE CENTRE

FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER, MR BEN ROBERTSON
SOUTH AUSTRALIAN INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY PRIZE RELEASE CENTRE WINNING

ANNOUNCED TODAY 03/11/2004
Ref: 475061725 Batch: 7056490902/188
Winning no: 5-13-19 33-37-42 -- 17

CONGRATULATIONS
Attention,

We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on the NOVEMBER 2004
from the South Australian International Lottery program. Your name was
attached to ticket number; 47061725 07056490902, This batch draws the
lucky numbers as follows 5-13-19 33-37-42 bonus number 17. which
consequently won the lottery in the second category. You hereby have been
approved a
lump sum pay of US$ 750,000.00 (SEVER HUNHRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS) in
cash credit file ref: ILP/HW 47509/02 from the total cash prize of
US12,000,000.00 shared amongst sixteen lucky winners in this category.

All participants were selected through a computer balloting system drawn
form Nine hundred thousand names from Canada, Australia, United States,
Asia, Europe,
Middle East, Africa and Oceanic as part of our international promotions
program.

This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of some
multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the
citizens in the communities where they have operational base. Further more
your name falls within our African representative office in Johannesburg
South Africa. as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of
US$750,000.00 will be released to you from this regional branch office in
Johannesburg (GLOBAL MEGA CROSSING). We hope with part of your prize, you
will participate in our end of year high stakes for US$1.3 Billion
international draw. How to claim your prize Simply contact our fiduciary
agent, Mr. Phil Van (philvan@globalmcl2004.t2u.com) to file for your claim.

Please quote your reference, batch and winning number which can be found on
the top left corner of this notification as well as your full names and
address to help locate your file easily. For security reasons, we advice all
winners to keep this information confidential from the public until your
claim is processed and your prize released to you. This is part of our
security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted taking advantage
of this program by non-participant or unofficial personnel. Note, all
winnings MUST be claimed before DECEMBER 2004; otherwise all funds will
be returned as Unclaimed and eventually donated to charity.

Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!

Kind Regards
BEN ROBERTSON
PROMOTIONS MANAGER


PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL.
CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT
MR. PHIL VAN
PROCESSING MANAGER,
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
UINVERSAL BUILDING, 132 – 133 PARK HURST
BALFOUR – UNIT 1440. JOHANNESBURG. 2001
GAUTENG

GLOBAL MEGA CROSSING.
TEL: +27 82 040 1270
philvan@globalmcl2004.t2u.com
ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF
THE WINNERS WILL RESULT TO DISQUALIFICATION.


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