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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: "National Lottery" <mrscedric_22@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: alexcompanyza2@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2006 12:31:54 +0200
Subject: announce

ATTN.SIR/MADAM

We happily announce to you the draw of South African 2010 World cup Bid lottery Award International programs held in Zurich, Switzerland. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: (B9665 75604546 199) with Serial number (97560) Reference Number: 60/84/27/17/36), was drawn as a winner in the 2nd category.

Your name has therefore been approved to claim a total sum of GPB£ (900.000,00) (Nine Hundred thousand British pounds) in cash credited to file (KPC/9030108308/03). This is from a total cash prize of GPB£ (400,000,000.00) POUNDS, shared among the first 200
Hundred lucky winners in this category worldwide. Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our lottery booklet representative office in South Africa as indicated in the play coupon.

In view of this, your GPB£ (900.000,00) (Nine Hundred thousand British pounds) would be released to you by our bank manager immediately Approval is given by the Board. You are therefore advised to contact the Agent with complete and full details of your winning to facilitate the processing and release of your winning prize.

All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site through computer draw system extracted from over (100.000.00) companies and individual emails addresses. The lottery program took place to promote South Africa (2010 world cup award) this promotion is sponsored from all multinational companies in South Africa. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims are 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 by some unscrupulous elements.

              (Please be warned)

To file for your claim, please contact our Claims department Manager immediately, you read this message for quick and urgent release of your fund, his contact information is as!

Name: Mr, Alex Momo,
E-mail:(Alexcompanyza2@yahoo.com)
For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated account of your choice. you have to Contact your Lottery Agent with the following information and fill out this form;
 
1.YOUR FULL NAMES:.............................................
2.SEX:....................................................................
3.YOUR ADDRESS:...................................................
4.YOUR COUNTRY:...................................................
5.NATIONALITY..........................................................
6.YOUR FAX:............................................................
7.HOME PHONE NUMBER :.......................................
8.MOBILE PHONE NUMBER.......................................
9.OCCUPATION:........................................................
10.YOUR AGE:...........................................................
Please you are to choose your payment option at which you want your fund Paid to you; listed below is our payment modalities and option of payment.
 
(1) COMING TO THE SOUTH AFRICA FOR CASH COLLECTION (Send flight itinerary to
confirm your arrival/appointment Date}:..............
(2) THROUGH BANK TRANSFER  :.....................
 
Remember, you must contact your claim agent not later than 21 Working days. After this days, all funds will be returned as unclaimed.NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your reference and batch numbers provided below in
every one of your correspondences with your claims agent.

Signed: Ex-President of South Africa Nelson Mandela (chairman)
Molefi OLIPHANT (President)
Chief Operations Officer Albert MOKOENA
Danny JORDAN. (Chief Executive Officer)


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