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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: "DR PATRICK CLERK" <claimoffice.clerk6@yahoo.co.uk> (may be fake)
Reply-To: claimoffice.clerk8@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2006 18:14:01 +0200
Subject: NOTIFICATIONS

FROM:THE AWARDS MANAGER
INTERCONTINENTAL LOTTERY SOUTH AFRICA.
296 PROES STREET PRETORIA CENTRAL,
PRETORIA.0001 SOUTH AFRICA.

Attention: Sir/madam

We are pleased to inform you the announcement yesterday of the winnings of the lotto
intercontinental international lottery program,held on Saturday 9th September 2006.You or your companies
email,attached to ticket number 53i-721B draw the lucky numbers 8- 14-25-40-43-48-33,and consequently
won the lottery in the second international category.

You have therefore been approval for a lump sum payout of US$1,200,000 in cash credited to file with Ref
No:ILS/8033113427/04 and Batch No:44/4107F82/12. This is from total prize money of US$24,000,000.00
shared among 20 winners in this category.

All participants were selected through a computer balloting system drawn from over 285,000 companies and
individuals from Australia,NewZealand,Africa,Europe,North America,South
America and Asia as part of our international promotion program for the year,conducted bi-annually.

CONGRATULATIONS!
Your fund is now deposited with our finance firm here in Pretoria South Africa,insured in your name awaiting
collection by cheque or wire transfer. Due to mix up of some numbers and names,we ask that
you keep this award strictly private and from public until your claim has been fully processed and your
total prize money remitted to your bank account of your choice.
This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or inscrupulous acts by participants of this
program.

We hope that with a part of your prize money,you will participate in our end of the year high stake of US$58
million international lottery slot in December 2006.For immediate collection of your prize money,please contact directly our payment co-ordinator in South
Africa.

DR PATRICK CLERK,
Payment co-ordinator
South Africa payment office
Tel/fax +27732264202
Email:claimoffice.clerk7@yahoo.co.uk

All prize money must be claim within one month on the receipt of this winning notification.After this date
all unclaimed fund/winnings will be returned back to the treasury as invalid.
All correspondence to PATRICK CLERK,should have this email sent along with your contact Address,country of
residence and your E-mail address. Furthermore,should there be any change of your
address,do inform our payment co-ordinator as soon as possible.Congratulation again from all our staff and
thank you for being part of our programme.

Omar Winfred,
promotion manager,awards
LOTTO INTERCONTINENTAL LOTTERY SOUTH AFRICA.
ADDRESS:296 PROES STREET PRETORIA CENTRAL,
PRETORIA.0001 SOUTH AFRICA.




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