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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: "shawstakers sa" <shawstakerssa6@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 11:34:56 +0200
Subject: Cash Prize Award Notification.

FROM THE DESK OF THE PROMOTION MANAGER
SHAWSTAKERS LOTTERY, SOUTH AFRICA.

Dear Amarjit Singh,

We are happy to inform you that you have won a cash prize of
$900.000.00(Nine hundred thousand United States Dollars in the SHAWSTAKERS
LOTTERY Promotional draw announced today 28th July of 2006.

Winners were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 5,500,000
email addresses of individuals 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
visiting SHAWSTAKERS LOTTERY ORGANISATION e-business websites on the
Internet.

A ticket number 100-309-7482, with serial number 111 410-887 was attached to
your email address which drew the lucky numbers 1 10 29 37 45 49 and
consequently won in the second category.

CONGRATULATIONS!

You are to contact the director of SHAWSTAKERS LOTTERY claims department
with the information below to arrange for your payout,

Mr. Paul Shelton
Email:shawstakers_claimsdept@yahoo.com
Tel : 27-83-990-3569


Ensure that you contact the director of claims department not later than 14
working days from the day you receive this notification message for due
processing and remittance of your prize.

Finally, please make sure you quote your ticket and serial number when
contacting the claims department for easy reference.

Sincerely,

MRS MAGRET POWELL
THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
SA LOTTERY SOUTH AFRICA.

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