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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: "national lotterypromo" <nationallotterypromo2005@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: angelazuma101@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2005 00:44:10 -0500
Subject: congratulations

Winners Jumbo Lottery Promo Main Office;
16th Floor SABC Radio Park Building,
Henley Road, Auckland Park, ZA-2006,
Johannesburg- South Africa.

Winners Jumbo Lottery Promo United Kingdom Office;
9 Chaucer House,
Churchill Gardens, London SW1V 3DW,
United Kingdom.

Tel: +44-703-194-9196.
Fax:+44-700-593-8794.
WINNING NOTIFICATION

We happily announce to you the annual draws of the Winners Jumbo
Lottery
International programs held on the 1st of June 2005 in Johannesburg
South
Africa.Your e-mail address attached to Ticket no.- /9049 with Serial
No.-
/4510/99 drew the lucky numbers: 31-6-26-13-35-7, which subsequently
won you
the lottery in the 1st category.You have therefore been approved to
claim a
total sum of US$2,000,000.00(Two million United States Dollars) in cash
credited to file KPC/9080118308/03.This is from a total cash prize of
US $60
Million dollars,shared amongst the first Thirty(30) lucky winners in
this
category.Participants are randomly selected from the internet with only
thirty
winners emerging from a total of 1,000,000 participants in the first
category.This promotion takes place annually.

In view of this,your US$2,000,000.00(Two million United States
Dollars)would
be released to you by our payment center in the Europe.Our Public
Relations
Officer will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release
of
your funds as soon as you contact her. For security reasons,you are
advised to
keep your winning information confidential till your claims is
processed and
your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim
your
prize.This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double
claiming and
unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements.Please
be
warned. To avoid unnecessary delays and complications,please quote your
ticket/serial numbers in any correspondences with our designated Public
Relations Officer via email at:

Mrs angela zuma
angelazuma101@yahoo.com
Tel:+44-703-194-9197.

Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this
program!!!

Sincerely,
Mrs.Sarah Brown.
South African Redemption Centre.
Winners Jumbo Lottery Promo.


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