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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: prizenotificationdepartmentt@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2006 19:18:09 +0200
Subject: CONTACT CLAIM AGENT URGENTLY

Euro Afro American Lottery promotion Switzerland
FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT

Attn:Winner,

CONGRATULATIONS FOR YOUR WINNING:
We happily announce to you the draw of South African 2010
World cup Bid lottery Award International programs held in Zurich,
Switzerland. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: B9665
75604546
199 with! Serial number 97560 drew the winning: 60/84/27/17/36, which
subsequently won you the lottery award in the 2nd category. Your name
has 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/9030108308/03. This is from a total cash prize of US $30,000,000.00
(Thirty
million United States dollars) shared among the first 200 lucky winners
in
this category worldwide.
Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our lottery
booklet representative office in South Africa as indicated in the play
coupon. In view of this, your US $2,000.000 (Two Million United States
Dollars) would be released to you through the assistance of our agent
in
South Africa immediately he commences the process to facilitate the
release of your fund as soon as you contact him. Also your claim is
included with free flight ticket and one month hotel reservation in
one of
the five star hotels.
All participants were selected randomly from Worldwide Web site through
computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000,00 companies and
individual email addresses. The lottery program took place to promote
South Africa`s 2010 world cup award. For security reasons, you are
advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims
are
processed and your money remitted to you.
This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements.
Please you are advised to file for your claim immediately through our
agent
Brett Nicole immediately you received this message.

Name:Brett Nicole.
Tel:27 76 466 5363.
Email:brettnicoleagent2010worldcupbid@hotmail.com

Yours Sincerely,

Gilian Kenedy.
(Zonal coordinator)

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