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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: desml@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 05 Jul 2005 11:02:13 +0200
Subject: 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 OF 4th july.,2005, of winners of the OMEGA CROSSING LOTTO SOUTH AFRICA/INTERNATIONAL
PROGRAMS, held on 28th June. 2005 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 5, 9, 12, 29, 40, 59, 76, and consequently won in
the Second Category.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of US$1,950,000.00 in
cash, which is the winning payout for Second category winners. This is from the
total prize money of US$13,650,000.00 shared among the Seven international winners
in the Second category.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Your fund is now deposited with the Solid Rock Finance
and Security Company insured in your name. 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 year (2006)
To begin your claim, please contact your claim agent immediately;

DR MIKE KUMAL
FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER,
SOLID ROCK FINANCE & SECURITY LTD,
JOHANNESBURG,
GAUTENG,
SOUTH AFRICA.
TEL: +27-83-2372570
EMAIL; mikeku1@hotmail.com

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 16th July, 2005. 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,
OMEGA CROSSING SOUTH AFRICA
25 RICHARDS RYLAANS, 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 mail box. Contact your claims agent
through his email contact above

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