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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: info@oldmutuallottery.au
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 05:24:29 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!(YOUR WINING NOTIFICATION)

FROM THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER, INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS AWARD
DEPARTMENT,

Date 14/03/2006,
Ref: 475061725,
Batch:7056490902/188,
Winning No: 5-13-33-37-42 bonus number 17

CONGRATULATIONS Sir/Madam,

We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on the 14/03/2006 from the
Australian International Lottery program.

Your name and your e-mail was attached to ticket number; 47061725 07056490902 serial
number 7741137002. This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows 5-13-33-37-42 bonus
number 17, which consequently won the lottery in thesecond category. You hereby
have been approved lump sum pay of US$2,000,000.00 (TWO MILLION DOLLARS) in cash
credit file ref: ILP/HW 47509/02 from the total cash prize of US$32,000,000.00
shared amongst sixteen lucky winners, based on their category.

All participants were selected through a computer balloting system drawn form Nine
hundred thousand names from Canada, Australia, United States, Asia, Europe, Middle
East, Africa and Oceanic as part of our international promotions program which is
conducted annually. This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by some multinational
companies as part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the communities
where they have operational base.

Further more your name falls within our Africa representative office in Johannesburg
, South Africa. As indicated in your play coupon and your prize of US$2,000,000.00
will be released to you from this regional branch office in Johannesburg. We hope
with part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year high stakes for
US$1.3 Billion international draw.

To begin your claim, please contact your claim agent;

Name: MR.ALEX TWALA
Email: alexclaimagent@yahoo.com
E-mial:alexyourclaimagent@yahoo.com
Mobile: +27-73-514-9309
Office Address: Old Mutual Building Henley
Road Auckland
Park Gauteng
South Africa

Please quote your reference, batch and winning number, which can be found on the top
left corner of this notification as well as your full names and address to help
locate your file easily. For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this
information confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your prize
released to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid dual claiming and
unwarranted taking advantage of this program by non-participant or unofficial
personnel.


Note, all winnings MUST be claimed with a specified date; otherwise all funds will
be returned as Unclaimed and eventually donated to charity Congratulations once
again on your winnings!

Best Regards

JOY DAVID
(Co-ordinator)

N.B. Anybody under the age of 18 cannot participate in this programme and any breach
of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to disqualification

Please do not reply to this mail. Contact your claim agent.

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