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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: omegalotterynationaltrustboard1@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2006 17:50:35 +0200
Subject: Re: YOU WIN THE COMPUTER LOTTERY DRAW CONGRATULATIONS CONGRATULATIONS CONGRATULATIONS!!!

ROM THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,

OMEGA TRUST FINANCE LOTTO SOUTH AFRICA.

102 VICTORIA AVE. BRYANSTON,

JOHANNESBURG,SOUTH AFRICA







INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT







WINNING NOTIFICATION CONGRATULATIONS ONCES AGAIN




ATTN: THE WINNERS




FINAL NOTICE OF AWARD NOTIFICATION We are pleased to inform

you of the announcement to you, of winners of the OMEGA

TRUST LOTTO SOUTH AFRICA/INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS, as part

of our promotional draws. Participants were selected

through a computer ballot system drawn from 2,500,000 email

addresses of individuals and companies from Africa,

America, Asia,

Australia, Canada, Europe, Middle East, and New Zealand as

part of our electronic business Promotions Program. You

qualified for the draw as a result of you

visiting Various websites we are running the e-business

promotions for.You/Your Company, attached to ticket number

102-319-7473, with serial number 643-20 drew the lucky !

numbe! rs 1, 8, 12, 25, 30, 35, 59, and consequently won

in the Second Category. You have therefore been approved

for a lump sum pay

out of US$2,950,000.00 in cash, which is the winning payout

for Second category winners. This is from the total prize

money of US$14,750,000.00 shared among the

Five international winners in the Second category.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Your fund is now deposited with the OMEGA TRUST FINANCE

and Security Company insured in your name. Due to the mix

up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this

award strictly and confidentail from public notice until

your claim has been processed and your money remitted to

your account. This is part of our security protocol to

avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants

of this program.




We hope with a part of your prize, you will participate in

our mid year (2007) high stakes US$1.3 billion

International Lottery. To begin your claim, please contact

your cla! im agent immediately;




NAME:..................................

ADDRESS:...............................

NATIONALITY:...........................

SEX:...................................

AGE:...................................

PHONE/MOBILE:..........................

FAX:...................................

OCCUPATION:............................

COMPANY:...............................

BATCH/WINNING

NUMNBER:............................................




CLAIM OFFICE

MR.JOE ADAMS

FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER,

OMEGA TRUST FINANCE & SECURITY LTD,

JOHANNESBURG, S.A

TEL: +27-83 210 88 73

EMAIL:claimagentofficerltd1@yahoo.com OR

EMAIL:joeadamsclaimagent@tsamail.co.za







For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a

designated account of your choice. Remember, you must

contact your claim agent not later than four weeks. After

this date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed. NOTE:

In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications,

please remember to quote your reference

and batch numbers provided below in every one of your

correspondences with your claims agent. REFERENCE NUMBER:

FLS-ZR39-755P-4 BATCH NUMBER: 4- 6-263-BCN. Congratulations

once again from all our staff and

thank you for being part of our promotions program.

Sincerely,







THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,

OMEGA TRUST FINANCE LOTTO SOUTH AFRICA.

102 VICTORIA AVE. BRYANSTON,

JOHANNESBURG,SOUTH AFRICA.




N.B. Any brea! ch of confidentiality on the part of the

winners will result to disqualification. Please do not

reply to this mail box. Contact your claims agent

through his email

contact

above.



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