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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: "south africa2010 world cup" <cafsafa_37@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: vinabbay06@aim.com
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 09:54:11 +0000
Subject: PRIZE CLAIM NOTICE!!!!!

FROM: THE DIRECTOR OF THE PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
REFERENCE NUMBER: SAFA 2010/AFRICA 2004.
BATCH NUMBER: 154-02I-CAF .
RE: AWARD NOTIFICATION



We are pleased to inform you today 12th December 2006 as one of the lucky
winners of our Soccer World Cup Draws held by Confederation of Africa
Football (CAF)/ South African Football Association (SAFA) to promote the
first ever soccer world cup in Africa which will be held 2010 in South
Africa,Participants in the draws were selected through a computer ballot
system drawn from 2,500,000 e-mail addresses of individuals and companies
from Africa,America,Asia,Australia, Canada, Europe, Middle East,and New
Zealand as part of ourelectronic business Promotions Program.

You are qualified for this draw as a result of you visiting various websites
we arerunning the Electronic-business promotions for. You/Your Company
e-mail address attached with REFERENCE NUMBER: SAFA 2010/AFRICA 2004, BATCH
NUMBER: 154-02I-CAF with serial number 000-19 drew The lucky numbers
2-2-14-13-6-36 and consequently won in the third quarter of the 2006 year
draw. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of
$2,200,000.00 in cash, which is the winning payout for First category
winners. This is from the total prize money of
US$15,000,000.00 shared among the seven winners in the First category.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Your winnings should be claimed from our paying Agents. (WINDSOR FINANCE
LIMITED) as we have notified them. Due to the mix-up that may arise from
emails of winners and numbers,we ask that you keep this award strictly from
public notice until your claim has been processed and your money
remitted to you. This is part of our Security Protocol to avoid double
claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of this program. We hope with
a part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year (2006) high
stakes US$1.2 billion International Lottery. To begin your claim,please
contact our agent who also will be your claims agent.

MR VINCENT ABBAY
CLAIMS/FINANCE MANAGER
WINDSOR FINANCE LIMITED
SANDTON,SOUTH AFRICA
TEL:+27-73-597-7077
FAX:+27-11-219-7119
EMAIL:vinabbay06@aim.com

For due processing and remittance of your prize money,Remember you must
contact your claim agent not later than two weeks After this date,
otherwise,all funds will be returned as Unclaimed.

Please contact your claims manager and provide him with the requested
information so that he can Expedite the processing of your claims.

NAME:_______________________________________________________________
COUNTRY:____________________________________________________________
ADDRESS:____________________________________________________________
CITY:____________________STATE/PROV:________________________________
ZIP/POSTAL:_________________________________________________________
PHONE:________________FAX:__________________________________________
EMAIL:______________________________________________________________
REFERENCE NUMBER:___________________________________________________
BATCH NUMBER:_______________________________________________________
AGE:________________________________________________________________

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please
remember to quote your Reference and Batch numbers in every one of your
correspondences with your agent. Furthermore you are seriously advised to
keep all winning lottery information and numbers from the public in
line with our company security protocol to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted abuse of this program by unscrupulous individuals. Again, should
there be any change in your address, do inform your claims agent as soon as
possible.

Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for being part of
ourPromotions program.

Yours sincerely,
Customers Service Department
Cafsafa Lotteries.

N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to
disqualification.

Anybody below the age of 18 is automatically disqualified,You are obliged to
donate 10% of your winning to any listed charity organization in South
Africa.

Please contact your claims agent

p

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