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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: "lotto winner" <lottowinners10@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: claimingmanager2007@yahoo.co.in
Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2005 06:35:06 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATION FOR YOUR WINNING.

THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
FLASH FORTUNE LOTTO SOUTH AFRICA.
2nd Floor SABC Radio Park Building P.O. Box 91711,
Auckland Park, 2006 Henley Road

CONGRATULATION FOR YOUR WINNING.

Dear:SIR/MADAM

We are pleased to announce you as one of the 10 lucky winners in the Flash
Fortune Lotto draw held on the 1st of December 2005. All 10 winning
addresses were randomly selected from a batch of 50,000,000 international
emails. Your email address emerged alongside 9 others as a category 2 winner
in this year's Annual Flash Fortune Lotto Draw.

Consequently, you have therefore been approved for a total pay out of
US$2,000,000 Million Dollars (Two million United State Dollars) only. The
following particulars are attached to your lotto payment order:

(i) Ticket number 51277-0,
(ii) Winning numbers: 5-7-10-12-21-40
(iii) Email ticket number: FL754/22/76
(iv) Serial code number: FL09622/SA
(v) The file Ref number: FL/04/736207152/SA

Please contact the under listed claiming Manager Mr. John Cooper In South
Africa as soon as possible for the immediate release of your winnings:

Mr. John Kooper.
Claiming manager
The Flash Fortune Lottery Company South Africa
TEL: +27-73-518-4122 (claimingmanager2007@yahoo.co.in)

N.B: Steps to claiming your prize;

1.Please quote your Reference number in all correspondence with the
Claims officer.

2.Winners must send their names, address, telephone number and means of
identification (international passport or drivers license) to claim officer,
via email to process the immediate payment of your prize.

3.Your fund can be release from either of the following options and you are
required to choose the mode in which you want your claim released to you.

(a). International Bank Draft
(b). Certified cheque
(c). Wire transfer.
If you choose option 3, you are required to provide your account details.
Once again behalf of all our staff,
CONGRATULATIONS!!!

FORM

Under Flash Fortune Lottery Winners International
South Africa

LOTTERY PAYMENT APPLICATION FORM

(To be completed by lottery winners only)
Ticket Number: .............................
Reference Number: .............................
Batch Number: .............................
First Name: .............................
Last Name: .............................
Home Address: .............................
Town/City: .............................
Post Code: .............................
Country: ..................................
Telephone (Home): .............................
Mobile: .............................
Fax (Private): .............................
Fax (Office): .............................
Email Address: .............................
Date of Birth: .............................
Occupation: .............................
Marital Status: .............................
International passport Or Driver's License Numbers:............

I.............................hereby declare that the above information are
true and binding on me. If at any time it is discovered that I have given
false information, I will forfeit my
Rights to my winnings.
Sincerely yours,

IMPORTANT NOTICE.

Please do not reply to this mailbox. Contact your claims agent through his
email contact above,

Sincerely,

Julia Simson
Promotions Manager
The Flash Fortune Lottery Company South Africa


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