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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: vodalotto@gawab.com
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 20:08:33 +0200
Subject: FINAL NOTICE OF AWARD NOTIFICATION

CONGRATULATIONS! CONGRATULATIONS !! CONGRATULATIONS !!!

FINAL NOTICE OF AWARD NOTIFICATION
We are happy to notify you of the result of promotional draw of 21st August 2005 and the winners of the VODAPHONE LOTTO PROMOTIONS.
Emails addresses of participants were randomly selected. The emails are being chosen from a computer ballot system drawn from 4,251,000 personal and corporate email addresses from the entire continent. Ranging from Africa, America, Asia, Australia, Canada, Europe, Middle East and the rest of the world as part of our Electronic Business Promotions Program.

Your email address is one of millions of addresses selected from various website on the Internet which qualify for the draw. Your email was attached to ticket number VLP342 458X, and serial number 0012455566 drew the lucky numbers 2, 5, 10, 16, 24, 36, 48. The ticket number attached to your email address came with the following details below, which makes you the winner in the third category of the draw. Below are the winning results of the ticket attached to your email. Winning Ticket is Number - VLP342-458X Serial Number - 0012455566 your lucky draw Numbers are - 2, 5, 10, 16, 24, 36, 48 Bonus Number - 9

INSURANCE Number: 04/10044/256
Since you are the winner in the third category of the draw, you are therefore the winner of US$3,000,000.00, which will be paid out to you in cash, The total amount of US$30,000,000.00 will be shared among Ten international jackpot winner.
CONGRATULATIONS! For security reasons and accurate payout of the winning prize, be informed that your winning prize of US$3,000,000.00 is deposited with our finance firm (UNIVERSAL TRUST UNION SOUTH AFRICA with your email address, which won you this prize. I will advise you to please forward your claim of the prize directly to UTU SA. Please keep the details in this mail strictly to yourself until your claim has been processed to avoid someone else claiming your prize. To start processing your claim, please contact UTU SA immediately with this reference number: VLP-ZR04/0336454 and BATCH NUMBER: 236-2554-2555SA
Patrick Mabedi
Tel +27-840 200 330
Claim Manager,
UTU SA.
P.O. Box 524,
Johannesburg 2001
South Africa
EMAIL:(u_t_union@yahoo.com)

NB: Prize won must be claim not later than 4 weeks from the day of receipt of this notice. Prize not claim will be returned as unclaimed. Do not reply to this message; contact Universal Trust Union SA to claim your prize.
THIS LOTTERY PROGRAM, IS A BONUS FOR THE WHOLE WORLD FOR THE PROMOTION OF VODAPHONE IN SOUTH AFRICA
Congratulations.
Sincerely,
Portia Shabangu (Ms)
Promotion Department
VODAPHONE COMMUNICATION
Johannesburg,
South Africa.
VODAPHONE SOUTH AFRICA GOES WORLWIDE

THIS PROGRAM IS SPONSURED BY: SOUTH AFRICAN LOTTO AUTHORITY. AND SUPPORTED BY: (VODAPHONE COMMUNICATION COMPANY ASSOCIATION





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