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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: swisslottery001@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 16:30:09 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATION" YOUR WINNING NOTIFICATION"

FROM THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS AWARD DEPARTMENT,
Date: 08/07/2005,
Ref: 475061725,
Batch:7056490902/188,
Winning No: GB8701/LPRC
CONGRATULATIONS
We are delighted to inform you of your prize release
on the 6 april2005 from the swizertland
International Lottery program.
Your name and your e-mail was attached to ticket
number; 475061725 07056490902 serial number
7741137002 This batch draws the
lucky numbers as follows 5-13-33-37-42 bonus
number 17, which consequently won the lottery
in the second category.
You hereby have been approved lump sum pay of
US$1,000,000.00 (ONE MILLION DOLLARS) in
cash credit file ref: ILP/HW 47509/02 from the
total cash prize of US16, 000,000.00 shared
amongst sixteen lucky winners, based on their
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 which is
conducted annually.
This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by 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 Africa
representative office in Johannesburg, South Africa.
As indicated in your play coupon and your prize of
US$1,000,000.00 will be released to you from this
regional branch office in Johannesburg. We hope
with part of your prize, you will participate in our
end of year high stakes for US$1.3 Billion
international draw.
To begin your claim, please contact your claim agent;
Name: MR.douglas mullers
(dmullersoldmutuallottery@yahoo.com)
Mobile: +27-73-560-5425.
FAX: 27-11-507-5948
Johannesburg Regional Office:
123 Rivonia Road, morningside, Sandton Jhb
South Africa.
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 dual
claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this
program by non-participant or unofficial personnel.
Note, all winnings MUST be claimed with a specified
date; otherwise all funds will be returned as
Unclaimed and eventually donated to charity Congratulations once
again on your winnings!
Best Regards
zeb brown
(Co-ordinator)
N.B. Anybody under the age of 18 cannot participate in
this programme and any breach of confidentiality on
the part of the winners will result to
disqualification
Contact your claim agent. (Mrdouglas mullers) Mobile
(+27-73-560-5425)
FAX: 27-11-507-5948
E-mail(dmullersoldmutuallottery@yahoo.com)

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