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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: "EURO AFRO LOTTERY" <euro_afro-33@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 12:21:48 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!! YOU HAVE WON

 
 SOUTH AFRICA WORLD CUP
 FREE LOTTERY DRAW 
 HEAD OFFICE WELLINGTON HOUSE
 EAST ROAD, JOHANNESBURG  SOUTH AFRICA
 
                 CONGRATULATIONS! CONGRATULATIONS!!
 
ATTENSION LUCKY WINNER ,
We are delighted to inform you  as one of the 100 lucky winners of  the result of the E-mail address ballot lottery draw of the  SOUTH AFRICA WORLD CUP FREE LOTTERY programme,which took place on the 16th OCTBER 2006.This is a computer generated lottery of Internet users using email addresses for draws.
This lotto draw is fully based on an electronic selection of winners using their e-mail addresses from different World Wide Web(www)sites.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 275-189-657-23-05 with Serial number 8756-05 drew the lucky numbers Ball number 11Ball number 13Ball number 26Ball   number   34Ball number 44Ball number 48 and bonus ball numBonus Ball number 2ber which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category.
All 100 winning addresses were randomly selected from a batch of 50,000,000 international emails..World cup Draw. Consequently,you have therefore been approved for a total payout of USD$ 1,000,000,.00  (One million Dollars) only. Your email address emerged along side 99 others as a category to winner in this year's Annual.
 
The world cup lottery 2010 is proudly sponsored by the Microsoft Corporation,Coca Cola,Nokia,MTN,the Intel Group, Toyota ,Toshiba, Dell computers, Mckintosh .And mostly by the South African Government.The world cup free lottery draw is held once a year.And is so organized to encourage the use of internet and computers.And also to advertise the South Africa 2010 World Cup world wide.
 
We are proud to say that over US $ 100 Million are won annually in more than 150  countries world wide.
 
World cup 2010 south africa . Consequently,you have therefore been approved for a total pay out of usd$1,000,000,.00  (one million dollars) only.The following particulars are attached to your lotto payment order:
 
(i) winning numbers: 11 13 26 34 44 48
(ii) email ticket number: 275-189-657-23-05
(iii) lotto code number: FL8756-05UK
(iv) the file Ref number: FL/04/736207152/UK
 
For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claim is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize.This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program.Please be warned.
 
HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE:
Simply contact your claims agent, MARK  ZUMA. at
 email: euro_afro_1agent@yahoo.com Fill this form below and send it to him to file for your claim .
 
LOTTERY WINNERS APPLICATION FORM OF PAYMENT.
FULLNAME.................................................
DATE OF BIRTH..................................
ADDRESS..................................................
SEX.........................
AGE..................................
NATIONALITY...........................................
OCCUPATION...........................................
TELEPHONE..........................................
EMAIL.................................................
DATE......................................................
WINNER REF/BATCH NO...........................
MEANS OF PAYMENT: 
BANK TRANSFER...........................OR.
ELECTRONIC MONEY  TRANSFER....................
NAME  AND ADREESS OF BANK......................
BANK ACCOUNT NUMBER...........................................................
APPROVED FOR PAYMENT.
 
IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO INDICATE WHERE THE MONEY WILL BE TRANSFERED TO
Please quote your email ticket,lotto code, file Ref number and winning numbers which can be found on the top left corner of this notification as well as your full name, address and telephone number to help locate
your file easily .
 
 
CONGRATULATIONS!!!  
                           
South African President  
                                                             


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