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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: "rose woods" <swiss_lott57a@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 17:41:45 +0200
Subject: YOU ARE A LUCKY WINNER "CONGRATULATIONS"

Dotation estimée pour les 6 bons numéros de mercredi:
Ref. Number: 133/756/4509
Batch Number: 538901527-Bc68
Joker Ticket Numbers
Dear Sir/Madam,
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Winner in our
International Lottery Program held on the 10 of january, 2006. Your e-mail
address attached to ticket number 521194 with serial number 3772-556 drew
lucky numbers 7-14-18-31-45 which consequently won in the Joker category,
you are among the 30 people who have been approved for a lump sum pay out of
ONE MILLION NINE HUNDRED AND THOUSAND DOLLARS. ($1,950,000,00)
CONGRATULATIONS!
Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep your winning
information confidential until your claims have been fully processed and
your money Remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid
multiple claims and unwarranted abuse of this program . All People were
selected through a computer ballot system drawn from over 20,000 company and
30,000,000
individual email addresses and names from all over the world. This
promotional program takes place every five years.
This lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of some
multinational companies in south africa as part of their social
responsibility to the citizens in the communities where they have
operational base. We hope with part of your winnings you will take part in
our next year Ten million Dollars international lottery. To file for your
claim, please contact our financial agent.
Mr. RICHARD BALOYI

Reply Email : agentrichard222@yahoo.co.uk
phone: +27 73 768 9156
OUR WEB SITE: www.swisslotto.ch

Remember all winning must be claimed not later than 31 of AUGUST 2006.
After this date all unclaimed funds will be included in the next stake.
Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, remember
to quote your reference number and batch numbers in all correspondence.
an international passport or a driving liscence scan and send to the agent
full names
full residential address
work address
direct tel phone number

all agents details are in our database. a cheque of $1,950,000,00 would be
sent to you with the information the agent would received from you. so send
the right information to your agent.
Furthermore should there be any change of address do inform our agent as
soon as possible. Congratulations once more from our members of staff and
thank you for being part of our promotional program.
Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.
Yours Sincerely,
Mrs. ROSE WOODS
International Lottery (co-ordinator)
N.B: Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to
disqualification. Please do not reply to this mail.
Contact your claims agent now.

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