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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
1. They don't notify winners by email.
2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +27738025512 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- claim-department@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "pay worth" <payworth012@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2006 16:51:28 +0200
Subject: Congratulations, you have won

PAYWORTH ONLINE PROMOTIONS
PRIVATE BAG X70, EASTERN CAPE 2016
SOUTH AFRICA.
RE: OFFICIAL LETTER - PRIZE WINNING NOTICE

Dear Prize Winner,

We happily announce to you the Draw # (5-56-21-85-44 WOP34) of the PAYWOR=
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ONLINE PROMOTIONS held recently. Your e-mail address attached to ticket=20
number: 342 67 33 38 7 43 64 with Serial number 8625/07 drew the lucky=20
numbers 45-326-26-29 56 43 which subsequently won you the lottery in the =
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category i.e. Thunder ball Jackpot. You have therefore been approved for =
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lump sum pay out of US$2,750,000.00 only in cash credited to file=20
ZAR/5533-SDS2/06. All participants for the online version were selected=20
randomly from World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and=20
extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations and corporate bodies tha=
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are listed online.

This promotion takes place monthly. Please note that your Lucky Winning=20
number falls within our International Booklet representative office here =
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South Africa as indicated in your winning numbers. Your fund is now=20
available for claim. Due to the mix up of some numbers and email address,=
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request you to quote your Ticker Number and Serial numbers. We also advic=
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you to keep this award strictly from Public Notice until your claim has b=
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processed.

To begin your claim, urgently contact your claim agent through the below=20
information.

CLAIMS MANAGER
PAYWORTH ONLINE PROMOTIONS
MR. Anthony MOORE
TEL: +27-73-802-5512
E-MAIL: claim-department@hotmail.com
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APPLICATION FOR PRIZE CLAIM (Receipt Official Notification Letter)
[Ticket Number: 342 67 33 38 7 43 64]
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[FULL NAME OF=20
WINNER]..................................................................=
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[FULL MAILING ADDRESS].............................=20
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[COUNTRY/=20
REGION]..................................................................=
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[STATE/=20
PROVINCE]................................................................=
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[DATE OF BIRTH]..................../........../..................
[SEX]....................................................................=
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[MARITAL STATUS]..................................................
[OCCUPATION].....................................................
[CURRENT E-MAIL].................................................
[TEL]............................................................
[FAX].............................................................

WINNING INFORMATION:
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[LUCKY NUMBER]...................................................
[SERIALNUMBER]...................................................
[DATE OF NOTIFICATION]...........................................

You are to fill and complete these APPLICATION and send it back to Claims=
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Manager's Email Address (claim-department@hotmail.com) or fax it to:=20
+27-11-507-6737.

Please indicate "X" for the option you want your prize remitted to you. =20
Listed are the options of receiving prize payment.
(1) PAYMENT BY ONLINE BANK TRANSFER: ...........................[____]
(2) COURIER DELIVERY OF YOUR PRIZE CHEQUE: .....................[____]

PAYMENT APPROVAL PROCESS:
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Submitted Form will be manually verified and processed by the assigned=20
Claims Manager. The Processing of your form will be completed within the=20
next 24 hours of receiving your LOTTERY CLAIMS APPLICATION FORM-C. You wi=
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receive an update on the status of your application once completely=20
processed.

Once again, accept our congratulations on your prize winning.
Sincerely,
Alan Varipover JS,
Director, Prize Disbursement Center,
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=A9 2006 PAYWORTH ONLINE PROMOTIONS. All rights reserved. Offer valid to=
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winners who are at least 18 years of age. Void where prohibited. No purch=
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necessary to claim winning prize. See web site for details. You will need=
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meet all of the steps to redeem as outlined in the Terms & Conditions bef=
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you can receive your promotional prizes. To receive this promotion, you=20
must: 1) submit email and mailing address information 2) select one of th=
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option listed for receiving prize 3) check your email inbox for "Redempti=
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Notification" 4) follow Redemption instructions. You can unsubscribe from=
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our promotional updates.

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