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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: saorg3@canada.com
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 01:06:11 -0800
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!! SOUTH AFRICA 2010 LOTTERY WINNER.

THE BRITISH SOUTH AFRICAN 2010 WORLD
CUP BID ONLINE GAME
South Africa Lottery
Headquarters:

Customer
Service

Batch:
14/211/0374

Ref: BTL/311OXI/02



WINNING NOTIFICATION



We happily announce to you the draw of the British
South Africa 2010 world cup lottery bid online programs held
in London to
suport and promote south african 2010 world cup, Your e-mail
address attached,
to ticket number:
694 75600545 721 with Serial
number:
886/04 drew the lucky numbers:
01-6-2-13-
35-17, which subsequently won you the lottery in
the 2nd category.You are therefore, been approved to claim a
total sum of
$2,000,000.00(TWO MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLARS) in cash
credited to file
RPC/9080115322/44. This is from a
total cash prize of $125 Million us Dollars.



This year Lottery Program Jackpot is the largest ever for
British $ South Africa Lottery, The estimated 125 million
jackpot would be the
sixth-biggest in U.K/.S.A. history.The biggest was the 363
million jackpot
that went to two winners in a May 2000 drawing of The Big
Game, Mega Millions'
predecessor. Please note that your lucky winning number
falls within our
European booklet and our representative office in South
African as
indicated in our play coupon. In view of this, your
$2,000,000.00 ( TWO
MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLARS) would be released to you by
our affiliate
bank in SOUTH AFRICA.



Our agent will immediately commence the process to
facilitate the
release of your funds to you as soon as you make contact
with him and call him
on the phone.



All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web
site
through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000
companies.This
promotion takes place annually.To file for your claim,
please contact our
fiduciary agent in South Africa with the below details for
processing of your
claims.





Agent Name: Mr.Mark Thambo

Email: agentthambo@myway.com

Tel: + 27 83 968 25 72.

To process your claims you are hereby advice to
contact the Claim Agent immediatly with this
information:



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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

BATCH/WINNING NUMNBER:.................


To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote
your
reference/batch numbers in our designated agent.


Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of
this
program.Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery
program.



Sincerely,

Mr.Steve Benson.

Zonal Coordinator



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