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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: "saworldcup2010a@terra.es" <saworldcup2010a@terra.es>
Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2007 08:38:56 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS YOU ARE A WINNER



Office of the Foreign Service Manager
Universal Building,132-133
Park Hurst, Balfour-Unit 1440
Johannesburg, Gauteng 2001
South Africa.




ATTENTION: OUR HONORABLE WINNER

FROM THE MANAGER INTERNATIONAL E-MAIL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPT, GLOBAL
MEGA LOTTERY, MICROSOFT CORPORATION
INCONJUCTION WITH FIFA WORLDCUP SOUTH AFRICA 2010 WORLD LOTTERY



YOU ARE WINNER NO: 15


RE: ELECTRONIC MAIL AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION

GLOBAL MEGA LOTTERY AND MICROSOFT CORPORATION MANAGEMENT WORLDWIDE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE FIFA WORLDCUP SOUTH AFRICA 2010 ARE PLEASED TO INFORM YOU THAT YOU ARE A WINNER OF OUR ANNUAL MICROSOFT/ GLOBAL MEGA LOTTO LOTTERY CONDUCTED IN SOUTH AFRICA BEING THE HOST OF THE EVENT FOR THIS PRESENT YEAR'S MEGA JACKPOT LOTTERY WINNING PROGRAM HELD ON THE 2ND AUGUST 2007 AT THE NELSON MANDELA SQUARE-SANDTON, JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA.



YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS WAS ATTACHED TO OUR DRAW WITH SERIAL NUMBER S/N-00168 AND IT DREW THE LUCKY NUMBERS 87-43-25-22-10-3, AND CONSEQUENTLY WON IN THE SECOND CATEGORY OF THE DRAW. YOU HAVE THEREFORE BEEN APPROVED FOR LUMP SUM OF $1,000,000.00 (ONE MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLAR) ONLY PAYABLE IN CASH CREDITED TO FILE REF. NO: 56475600545 188 AND BACTH NO: 5368/02 THIS IS FROM THE TOTAL PRIZE MONEY OF $125,000,000.00 (ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS SHARED AMONG ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE (125) LUCKY INTERNATIONAL WINNERS IN FIRST AND SECOND CATEGORY RESPECTIVELY.

ALL PARTICIPANTS WERE SELECTED FROM WORLDWIDE WEBSITES THROUGH OUR MICROSOFT COMPUTER BALLOT SYSTEM DRAWN FROM TEN MILLION CONSTANT E-MAIL USERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD WITH EACH CONTINENT IN PARTICIPATION AS PART OF THE INTERNATIONAL "E-MAIL PROMOTIONS PROGRAM" WHICH IS CONDUCTED ANNUALLY FOR
OUR PROMINENT MICROSOFT USERS ALL OVER THE WORLD, AND TO ENCOURAGE THE SOUTH AFRICA FIFA WORLDCUP BID 2010.

YOUR FUND HAS BEEN INSURED AND WILL BE PAID TO YOU BY TELEGRAPHIC TRANSFER (TT) THROUGH OUR AFRICA CLAIM AGENT (DETAILS BELOW).

NAME: BARRISTER SMITH THAMBO ESQ.
ATTORNEY AT LAW
EMAIL: SMITHCHAMBERSANDASSOCIATES@YAHOO.CO.UK
PHONE: +27 733367914


NOTE: THAT YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS SHOULD BE USED IN ALL CORRESPONDENCE WITH YOUR CLAIM OFFICER FOR REFFERENCE PURPOSE, THROUGH THE CONTACT DETAILS
CONTAINED HEREIN. QUOTE YOUR WINING NUMBERS AND NO. 19. AS PART OF OUR SECURITY PROTOCOL, QUOTE ALSO THIS SECURITY CODE: MSGML/JAN/XX207 TO YOUR CLAIM AGENT TO AVOID MISAPPROPRIATION OR SCAM.


REMEMBER, ALL PRIZE/S MONEY MUST BE CLAIMED WITHIN 14 DAYS OF THE RECEIPT OF THIS NOTICE OR FORFEITED TO THE GOVERNMENT OF SOUTH AFRICA.


CONGRATULATIONS, ONCE MORE FROM THE ENTIRE MANAGEMENT AND STAFF OF GLOBAL
MEGA LOTTERY, MICROSOFT CORPORATION AND THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE FIFA
WORLDCUP SOUTH AFRICA 2010 TO ALL OUR LUCKY WINNERS THIS YEAR.


SINCERELY,

Mary Nkosi


OUR SPONSORS: CHIEF SPONSORS;

GLOBAL MEGA LOTTERY, WINIKHAYA LOTTERY SOUTH AFRICA, MICROSOFT CORPORATION,
FIFA, EMIRATES AIRLINES, SOUTH AFRICAN AIRLINES, OLD MUTUAL INSURANCE,
CHELSEA FC, BENITA GROUP, LUCIN GROUP, JULIUS BERGER, SAMSUNG ETC...


SPECIAL APPRECIATION TO:

MICROSOFT CORPORATION UK, MICROSOFT CORPORATION AFRICA, MICROSOFT
CORPORATION USA, MICROSOFT CORPORATION ASIA.


Endeavor to email your claim agent with the required data below:

1.FULL NAMES:________________________________________

2.COUNTRY:_____________________________________________

3.SEX:__________________________________________________

4.AGE:__________________________________________________

5.OCCUPATION:__________________________________________

6.TELEPHONE NUMBER:_________________________________

7.BATCH NUMBER:_____________________________________
8.REF NUMBER:________________________________________

9.ADDRESS:_____________________________________________








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