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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 African Lottery 2010" <mm.s15@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2006 09:12:08 +0000
Subject: GOOD NEWS, YOU HAVE WON CONGRATULATIONS!!!

         South African Flag            
 SOUTH AFRICAN 2010 WORLD CUP LOTTERY.  

 #28 RIVONIA ROAD, APT 322, GLASS BUILDING.

SANDTON, JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA.

 
 CONGRATULATIONS

THE SOUTH AFRICAN FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION (SAFA) IS PROUD TO NOTIFY YOU THAT ON THE 5TH OF SEPTEMBER 2006, THAT YOU HAVE JUST WON THE SUM OF EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS (US$850,000.00) FROM THE SOUTH AFRICAN 2010 WORLD CUP LOTTERY PROGRAMM. THIS IS FROM THE TOTAL PRIZE MONEY OF US$17,000,000.00 SHARED AMONG THE TWENTY INTERNATIONAL WINNERS.

THIS LOTTERY DRAW IS SPONSORED BY THE SOUTH AFRICAN FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION (SAFA) IN CONJUNCTION WITH FEDERATION OF INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION (FIFA).

THIS IS IN COMMEMORATION OF THE FIRST EVER WORLD CUP TO BE HELD IN THE CONTINENT OF AFRICA VIA SOUTH AFRICA.

WE ARE CELEBRATING THIS GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY WITH THIS LOTTERY AND ALSO USING THIS OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE AWARENESS TO THE ENTIRE WORLD TOWARDS THE HOSTING OF THE 2010 WORLD CUP IN SOUTH AFRICA.

DON'T BE SURPRISE THAT YOU ARE ONE OF THE WINNERS.

PARTICIPANTS WERE SELECTED THROUGH A COMPUTER BALLOT SYSTEM DRAWN FROM 2,500,000 EMAIL ADDRESSES OF INDIVIDUALS AND COMPANIES FROM ALL PART OF THE WORLD AS PART OF OUR WORLD CUP HOSTING AWARENESS PROMOTION PROGRAMM.

FOR MORE ENQUIRIES AND INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:

MR. JAMES CAMERON

THE DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION

INFORMATION DEPARTMENT ON EMAIL ADDRESS

james_cameron_2005@yahoo.com

PLEASE NOTE THAT BECAUSE OF THE INTERNET LOTTERY SCAMS, WE COULD NOT EXPOSE YOUR WINNING DETAILS, SO THAT THE SCAMMERS COULD NOT BE ABLE TO GET YOUR WINNING INFORMATION.

FOR YOUR URGENT CLAIM...

Call Mr. Bright Bongo

Proccessing Director

Eagle Global SA

Phone Number +27 83 249 0056

Fax Number +27 78 216 6150

YOU SHOULD ALSO CONTACT...

...OUR INFORMATION DEPARTMENT IMMEDIATELY,

SO THAT THEY WILL FURNISH YOU WITH YOUR WINNING NUMBERS, LUCKY DRAW NUMBERS, INSURANCE NUMBERS, REFERENCE AND BATCH NUMBERS, WHICH YOU WILL USE TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE.

YOU HAVE TO BE AWARE THAT

YOUR CLAIM AGENT IS

Mr. Bright Bongo

EAGLE GLOBAL SA

Phone: +27 83 249 0056

...WE WILL ALSO FURNISH YOU WITH THE FULL DETAILS OF YOUR CLAIM AGENT, EAGLE GLOBAL SA, AS SOON AS YOU RESPOND BY CONTACTING OUR INFORMATION DEPARTMENT OR

CALLING MR. BRIGHT BONGO

+27 83 249 0056

THIS MESSAGE WAS SENT TO YOU BY:

THE CHAIRMAN, LOTTERY ORGANIZER,

MR. JABULANI THABO +27 73 999 2804

DIRECTOR OF PROMOTION,
SOUTH AFRICAN 2010 WORLD CUP LOTTERY.

#28 RIVONIA ROAD, APT 322, GLASS BUILDING. SANDTON, JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA.

 

Mr. Kuash Behler, Our First Quarter Winner of

 US$850,000.00 from Amsterdam, Holland 
           
 
 
         
Our Second Quarter Winner Mrs. Ali Fatima from Nepal receiving her winning cheque, also on the picture is her husband and friends rejoicing with them. 
           

BRIEF WINNING INFORMATION:

THERE WAS A COMPUTER BALLOT THAT WAS ORGANIZED BY THE SOUTH AFRICAN 2010 WORLD CUP LOTTERY HERE IN SOUTH AFRICA. IT WAS NOT AN INDIVIDUAL LOTTO PLAYING, BUT THE COMPUTER ITSELF PICKED OUT FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. 2,500,000 EMAIL ADDRESSES WAS SELECTED AND PICKED FROM THE INTERNET, SO THOSE EMAIL ADDRESSES OF PARTICIPANTS THAT WAS SELECTED AND PICKED FROM THE INTERNET WERE AGAIN SELECTED THROUGH A COMPUTER BALLOT SYSTEM DRAWN FROM AMONG THE 2,500,000 EMAIL ADDRESSES OF INDIVIDUALS AND COMPANIES FROM ALL PART OF THE WORLD, THIS IS CALLED THE COMPUTER BALLOT. AND 20 EMAIL ADDRESSES WAS FINALLY PICKED OUT FROM AMONG THE TOTAL 2,500,000 EMAIL ADDRESSES, AND OUT OF THOSE 20 EMAIL ADDRESSES, YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS WON ON THE BALLOT. YOU HAVE TO NOTE THAT THIS PROGRAM IS BEING SPONSORED BY THE FIFA SUPPORT AFRICAN TEAM, TO CREATE AWARENESS FOR THE COMING 2010 WORLD CUP, WHICH IS TO BE HOSTED BY SOUTH AFRICA.

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