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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: "win notice" <winnoticeok@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 11:24:41 +0200
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION

Euro Afro American Lottery promotion
Switzerland
>From the desk of: Mrs Rose Dino

Dear Sir/Madam,

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 numbers 60/84/27/17/36, which subsequently
won you the lottery award in the 2nd category. Your name 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/9030108308/03 .
This is from a total cash prize of US $ 30,000,000.00 (Thirty Million United
States Dollars) shared among the lucky winners in this category world-wide.

Please note that your lucky winning numbers fall within our lottery booklet
representative office in South Africa as indicate in the play coupon. In
view of this, your US$2,000.000.00 (Two Million United States Dollars )
would be released to you through the assistance of our agent in South Africa
immediately he commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds
as soon as you contact him.

Note that all participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site
through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000,00 companies
and individual emails address.
The lottery programe 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 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 you are advised to file for your claim immediately through our agent
Mr Tabo Kumalo on email adrress [national_lottery2010@yahoo.co.uk]or phone:
+27-83-617 1480 immediately you received this message because you stand a
risk of loosing the prize if you fail to claim within a month from the day
you received this notification.

Yours sincerely,
Mrs Rose Dino
(Zonal cordinator)

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