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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: helen zuma <helenzuma002@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 2 Jul 2006 15:09:26 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: YOU HAVE WON $2 MILLION DOLLARS


From:Mrs helen zuma
South African 2010 World cup Bid lottery Award
Lottery Headquarters: 31, Brixon
Court Carlton East Gate,
Johannesburg South Africa.

WINNING NOTIFICATION

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 and Batch no: 13/26/DC36 drew the Ref No: 60/84/27/17/36,
which
subsequently on you the lottery award in the 2nd category.

Your name have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of ($2M)
Two
million Dollars in cash credited to file KPC/9030108308/03.This is from
a
total cash prize of Fourthy Million Dollars ($40,000,000.00) shared
among
the first 20 lucky winners in this category world-wide. 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 $2,000.000 (Two Million Dollars) would be
released
to you by our Claim Manager. as soon as you cantact him, he will
immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your
funds.
Participants were selected through a referral program and winners
were
picked by a computer ballot system drawn form 100,000,00 companies
and
individuals names from World Wide Web site Australia, New Zealand,
America,
Asia, Europe,Africa and North America. The lottery programe is to
promote
South African 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.

To file for your claim, please contact our Claiming Manager immediately
(+27-73-5326729)

SMITH SIPO
(Claims Manager)
Phone : +27-73-5326729
Email : smith_sipo213@yahoo.com

Please be informed that all winning must be claimed on or before 30
july
2006. After this date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed.To
avoid
unnecessary delays and omplications,please quote your reference/batch
numbers in any correspondences with us or our designated agent.

Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this program
that
has succesfully won this competition.

Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery
program.
signed:

Nelson Mandela (chairman)

Molefi OLIPHANT (President)

Chief Operations Officer
Albert MOKOENA

Chief Executive Officer
Danny JORDAAN

N.B Call our Claiming manager for your cliam, do not miss this
oppotunity.Also you are automatically disqualified if you are below 18
years
of age.


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