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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "national lottery" <national_lottery2009@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2005 12:15:00 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS 'CONGRATULATIONS' CONGRATULATIONS'

From: Mrs. Teresa Allan.
Euro-Afro-American-Sweepstake Lottery
Headquarters: 1a, Bexon Court Carlton
Nottingham shire Nottingham NG4 1SQ Essex
United Kingdom
Customer Service: 580 NCA 85914



Dear Sir/Maddam,

WINNING NOTIFICATION

The Euro-Afro-American-Sweepstake Lottery team is proud to inform you that
you have won a total sum of US$820,000.00(Eighty Hundred and Twenty Thousand
United States Dollars) in cash credited to file KPC/9080118308/02.Why you
have won Your E-mail address is one of 130 lucky Addresses who have won in
the weekly Promotion.

See below how to claim your prize.

Details on the Winnings

Your Winning Reference Number is: EAASL/941OYI/04

Batch Number: 12/27/Du34

TICKET NUMBER:B956475604545188

SERAIL NUMBER:97560

WINNING NUMBERS:10/12/13/19/31/46/)

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our Afrobooklet
representative office in Africa as indicated in your play coupon. In view of
this, your US$820,000.00 (Eight Hundred and Twenty Thousand United States
Dollars) would be released to you by First National Bank South
Africa(F.N.B.). You are advice for your best intrest to keep your winning
informations intact to your self untill your winning Fund is transfered in
your nominated Bank account , to avoid double claim.

Our African agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the
release of your funds as soon as you contact him. All participants were
selected randomly from World Wide Web site through computer draws system and
extracted from over 10,000,00 companies.

Just contact our processing Agent below for claiming of your prize and
remember to quote your reference and Batch Number for easy processing of
your prize. That's it!

AGENT TO THE NATIONAL LOTTERY,

Processing Agent: Barr Philip kumalo Esq

TEL: 27-83 553 67 93

EMAIL:(philipkumaloesq001@yahoo.com)

Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this program that
has successfully won this competition. Thank you for being part of our
promotional lottery program.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Teresa Allan


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