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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: claimdepartmentt@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 16:12:15 +0200
Subject: CONTACT CLAIM AGENT IMMEDIATELY

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

Attn:Lucky Winner,

CONGRATULATIONS FOR YOUR WINNING:

We happily announce to you the draw of South African 2010 World cup
Bidlottery 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 15 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 commencesthe 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 drawsystem 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
confidentialtill your claims are processed and your money remitted to
you in your country.
This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and
unwarrantedabuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements.

Please you are advised to file for your claim immediately through our
agent
Klark Hudson immediately you received this message.

Name:Klark Hudson.
Tel:27 76 466 5363.
Email:klarkhudsonclaimagentt@yahoo.com


Yours sincerely,
(Zonal Coordinator)
Prize Notification Department
2010 World Cup SA.






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