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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: "southafrican draw" <southafricandraw2006_0119@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2007 15:35:06 +0200
Subject: LOTTERY WINNING NOTIFICATION

FROM THE DESK OF THE PROMOTION MANAGER
SHAWSTAKERS LOTTERY, SOUTH AFRICA.

Attention:Sir/Madam,

We are pleased to inform you of our announcement today, 7TH MARCH,
2007] of
winners in the SHAWSTAKERS LOTTERY Promotional draw held on the 30TH
DECEMBER,
2006.

Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
2,500,000 email addresses of individuals and companies from Africa,
America,
Asia, Australia, Canada, Europe, Middle East, and New Zealand as part
of our
electronic business Promotions Program.

You are qualified for the draw as a result of your visiting various
e-business website we are running on the Internet.A ticket number
100-309-7482,with serial number 111 410-887 was attached to your entry
which
drew the lucky numbers 1 10 29 37 45 49 and consequently won in the
secondcategory.

You are therefore awarded a cash prize of US$820,000.00, which is the
winning payout for Second category winners.This is from the total prize
money of
US$13,650,000.00 shared among several international/local winners in
the
Second category.CONGRATULATIONS!

You are to file in your claim to the director of claims
department in Republic of South Africa with the information below to
arrange
for your payout,


(MR.TELFOR BUBA)
Email:telfordbuba_2000@hotmail.com

CONTACT NUMBER.+27-73-385-9880.

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