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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: "Mr.Khumalo Mbeeki" <khumalombeki1@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: claim_department2010@hotmail.com, or@joewein.net,
claimdepartment_2010@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 09:47:34 +0200
Subject: SOUTH AFRICA 2010 WORLD CUP DRAW

SA 2010 LOTTERY
78 Lower Main Road, Observatory
FROM: THE DESK OF THE DIRECTOR PROMOTIONS,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
REF NO: MELI-T/17-F044262312
Dear
We are pleased to announce to you as one of the 10 lucky winners in the INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY PROGRAME held on 30TH JUNE 2006. All 10 winning addresses were randomly selected from a batch of 10,000 international emails. Your email address emerged alongside 9 others as a 3rd category winner in this month's draw.
Consequently, you have therefore been approved for total pay out of 10 Million Rand (Ten Million Rand only), which is equivalent to 1.2 Million US Dollars. The following
particulars are attached to your lottery payment order:
(i)Winning numbers: 990-11-815-37-10-83
(ii) Email ticket number: 901-0148-790-691
(iii) Lotto Batch No. 13/FFP/LDL/037
(IV) File REF NO: MELI-T/17-F044262312
Please contact the under listed claims officer as soon as possible for the immediate release of your winnings:
CONTACT AGENT:
Mr.John Vusi
78 Lower Main Road, Observatory,
Johannesburg, South Africa
Tel: + 27 734619909
Email: claim_department2010@hotmail.com <mailto:claim_department2010@hotmail.com> or claimdepartment_2010@yahoo.com

YOU ARE TO PROVIDE THE CLAIM AGENT WITH THE UNDER LISTED
INFORMATION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE:
1. NAME IN FULL: ................................
2. ADDRESS: .....................................
3. NATIONALITY: ...............................
4. AGE: ........................................
5. OCCUPATION:..................................
6. PHONE/FAX: ...................................
7. COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE…………………….
8. WINNING EMAIL ADDRESS...........................
Once again on behalf of all our staff, CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Sincerely,
Mr.Khumalo Mbeeki
LOTTERY COORDINATOR.
N.B:
1. All claims are nullified after 21 working days from today.
2. Your Ref number must be in all your mails with the claims officer.
3. Do inform the claims officer of any change of names or addresses.
_______________________________________________________________________
The INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT, SA. Is
proudly sponsored by financial Corp's, the Africa American group and a conglomeration of other international IT companies. And is organized to encourage the use of the Internet and computers worldwide. We are proud to say that
over 200 Million Rands are won annually in more than 150 countries worldwide.





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