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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: "caroline gugu" <carolinegugu5@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2006 08:03:12 +0100
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION

BRITISH SOUTH AFRICAN 2010 WORLD CUPBID ONLINE GAME - 2005                                     

South Africa Lottery Headuarters:
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  4- 13 -21- 27- 36 -38 , which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category.You are therefore, been approved to claim a total sum of $1.500,00( ONE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES 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 2005 drawing of The Big Game, Mega Millions' predecessor. Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our booklet and our representative office in  South African as indicated in our play coupon. In view of this, your USD1.500,000 ( ONE MILLION FIVE  HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES 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 or you  call him on  +27-8375-11411
    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 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:............................................
Agent Name: Mr.Wilson  Merwe
+27-8375-11411
 
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,
MRS.  CAROLINE  GUGU
Zonal Coordinator


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