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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: williamsmith2010bid@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2007 09:56:00 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS

SOUTH AFRICA 2010 WORLD CUP LOTTERY BID
#31 BRIXON COURT EAST GATE MALL,
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA.

Dear Winner,

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the annual draw of the
South African 2010 WORLD CUP LOTTERY BID held in canada.

The online cyber annual draws was conducted from a list of 25,000,000
e-mail addresses of individuals and corporate institutions, picked by an
advanced automated random computer search from the internet. No tickets
were sold.

Your e-mail address emerged as one of the winners in the 23th/25th
category with the following Qualification Information attached:

WINNING NUMBERS : 60.84.27.17.36
E-MAIL TICKET NUMBER: B9665 75604546 199
FILE REF. NO : SA2010.60.84.27.17.36
SERIAL NUMBER : 97560
DRAW DATE :06/03/2007

You are therefore to receive a cash prize of USD$500,000.00. (Five
Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) from our total lottery payout.

For security reasons, be advised to keep your winning information
confidential till your claim is processed upon meeting our, statutory
obligations, verifications, and general requirements as double claim will
authomatically disqualify your email ticket number.

To file for your claim, do contact your Lottery Assigned Claims Agent
with the provied contact informations below:

Name:William Smith
Email:williamsmith2010bid@yahoo.co.uk
Tel : +27-744 46 3868

NOTE: All winnings must be claimed not later than 30 days of this
notification, thereafter unclaimed Winning will be returned to the South
African Lottery and Gambling Board as unclaimed Lottery Payment to be
included in the next draw. Do always quote your e-mail ticket number in
your correspondence with your claim agent.

Congratulations once again from our members of staff and thank you for
being part of our Promotional Program.

SIGNED:

MRS. Cindy FRAISER
(PROGRAM ZONAL CO-ORDINATOR)

SPONSORED BY: lottery South africa
This email may contain confidential and/or privileged information which
is strictly intended solely for the use of the person(s) with the
intended recipient e-mail address as filed.

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