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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: gracelandfinance@netscape.net
Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 22:02:21 +0200
Subject: Results of Online Sweepstakes Promotion.

FROM THE DESK OF THE CLAIMS AGENT,
MR.PAUL MSIBI.
GRACELAND FINANCE SA
18 JORISSEN STREET,BRAAMFONTEIN,JOHANNESBURG.
Email: gracelandfinance@netscape.net


EUROPEAN/UK/S.A.UNION INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS
AWARD DEPARTMENT:UNITED KINGDOM/SOUTH AFRICA
Ref: FER/4690/6103/24
Batch:245-379-482
Winning No:2-9-22-23-24-30
WINNING NOTIFICATION

We happily annouce to you the draw of the Lottery Award International programs in conjunction with Graceland Online lottery held in Zurich Switzerland.
Your "email address" was attached to ticket number; 12324277 serial number 6663817262 drew the lucky numbers as follows 2-9-22-23-24-30 bonus number 12, which consequently won the lottery in the second category.

You hereby have been approved lump sum pay of $2,000,000.00 (TWO MILLION
UNITED STATES DOLLARS) file Ref: FER/8309/1209/26 from the total cash prize of
18,000,000.00 shared amongst ten lucky winners based on their category.

All participants "email address" were selected through a computer balloting
system drawn from Nine hundred thousand names from Canada, Australia,United
States,Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceanic as part of our
international promotions program which is conducted annually.

This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by some multinational companies and
some other EU governmental organisations and is being administered by GRACELAND FINANCE (SA) in conjunction with PEOPLES BANK,SA LTD as part of their social responsibility
to promote South Africans 2010 world cup award amongst the citizens in the
communities where they have operational base.

To process your claims you are hereby advice to contact the Claim Agent
immediatly with this information below:


NAME:..................................
ADDRESS:...............................
NATIONALITY:...........................
SEX:...................................
AGE:...................................
PHONE/MOBILE:..........................
FAX:...................................
OCCUPATION:............................
COMPANY:...............................

The lottery program took place to promote South Africans 2010 world cup
award.

Please you are advised to file for your claim immediately through our Agent
in South Africa Mr. Paul Msibi, for the claim of your prize.
If you fail to claim within two weeks from the day you received this notification. you stand a
risk of loosing the prize
His contact details are as follows:

NAME: Mr. Paul Msibi.
(CLAIM AGENT).GRACELAND FINANCE SA
18 JORISSEN STREET,BRAAMFONTEIN,JOHANNESBURG.
Email: gracelandfinance@netscape.net


For security reasons, we advise all winners to keep this information
confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your prize
released to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid dual claiming
and unwarranted taking advantage of this program by non-participant or
unofficial personnel.
Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!
Best Regards
MRS.MARIA STEVENS.
Co-coordinator
EUROPEAN.UK .SOUTH AFRICAN UNION INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS


Results of Online Sweepstakes Promotion.


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