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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: "draw lo18" <drawlo18@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 10:40:13 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS! CONGRATULATIONS! CONGRATULATIONS!

INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT.

Attn: Sir/Madam,

The International Mega Promotion team is proud to inform you that you have won USD1 950,000.00 Why you have won Your E-mail address is one of 4 lucky Addresses who have won in the weekly Promotion.

Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from over 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 your visiting various websites we are running the e-business promotions for You/Your Company, attached to ticket number 100-309-7482, with serial number 513-10 drew the lucky numbers 02, 09, 22, 23, 24, 30 (05) and consequently won

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of US$1.950 million .

CONGRATULATIONS!

I am Mr. Francis Showman the fiduciary agent assigned to your case I wish to Congratulate you on your victory, you are a lucky person to have won this lottery.

You are required to forward the following details to help facilitate the processing of your claims and certificate which will facilitate the Your winning price is to the tune of 1.950 million dollar.

1. Full names.

2. Phone number.

3. Fax number.

4. Occupation.

5. Sex.

6. Age.

7. Nationality.

8.Country of Residence.

You are advised to forward this information as soon as possible to enable us attend to your winnings. You are advised to keep your winning numbers secret to avoid unscrupulous elements from taking advantage of the situation.

To begin your claim, You are then advised to urgently contact your claim agent Mr. Richard Baloyi for immediate processing and release of your winning prize. You can contact him on the below information.

MR. RICHARD BALOYI

FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER,

Universal Building, 132 - 133 Park Hurst

Balfour - Unite 1440

Johannesburg, Gauteng 2001

SOUTH AFRICA

OMEGA CROSSING.

TEL:  27-73-105-6738.

Fax:  27-11-507-6920

EMAIL: richardbaloyi888@webmail.co.za

EMAIL: baloyioffice@webmail.co.za

Contact the claim agent immediately; For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated account of your choice.

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-ZR39-825P-4,

BATCH NUMBER: 74-263-BBN.

Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our promotions program.

 Sincerely,

Dr. Francis Showman.


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