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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: From Lottery Dept <lottereyz2@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2007 08:45:21 +0200
Subject: FROM INTERACTIVE LOTTERY GAMES CONSULTING DEPT.

















FROM INTERACTIVE LOTTERY GAMES CONSULTING.
THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
MRS.JANETH SAMZA.EUROPEAN/UK/S.A.UNION INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS
BID SOUTH AFRICA 2010 WORLD CUP LOTTERY AWARD DEPARTMENT.UNITED KINGDOM/S

Ref / NO: 4690/6103/24Batch NO: 245-379-482Winning NO: 7-13-20-27-33-36

WINNING NOTIFICATION

We happily annouce to you the draw of South African 2010 World Cup Bid Lottery Award International programs held in U.K your "email address" was attached to ticket number; 12324277 serial number 6663817262 This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows 7-13-20-27-33-36 bonus number 2, which consequently won the lottery in the second category.You hereby have been approved lump sum pay of £2,000,000.00 (TWO MILLION POUNDS) 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 ballotingsystem 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 as including Bill Gate, and some other EU governmental personalities part of their social responsibility to promote South Africans 2010 world cup award. 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:


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

Please you are advised to file the form for your claim immediately through our Agent in South Africa Mr.David Rossman to remit your winning fund to your account. Call him on the telephone line immediately you received this message because you stand a risk of loosing the prize if you fail to claim within a month from the day you received this notification.

His contact details are as follows...


CLAIMING INSTRUCTION:

Contact our Paying agent on the following Details:


CYRILDENE AGENCY GLOBE FINANCE CORPORATION.(IATA,77210184):
Address no: 31, Friedland Avenue, Cnr Hettie Street and Cyrildene, Johannesburg South Africa.
P.O Box 17042. New
Doornfontein 2080.


Email Addrss: rossmanza@gmail.com
Contact person: David Rossman
Position: Finance Director
Contact Phone number: + 27-839804553
Fax number: + 27-119061122

PLEASE FILL THE FORM BELOW AND SEND IT BACK BY EMAIL OR FAX TO OUR PAYING AGENT, TO ENABLE THE AGENT PROCEED ON YOUR PAYMENT IMMEDIATELY.

NAME:...................................................................................................................

CONTACT ADDRESS:........................................................................................

TELEPHONE NUMBER:.......................................................................................

FAX NUMBER:........................................................................................................

AGE:...............................................SEX:.................................................................

OCCUPATION:.......................................................................................................

NEXT OF KIN:........................................................................................................

BANK ACCOUNT DETAILS....................................................................................

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN:..........................................................................

Call him on the telephone Line immediately you recieve this mail or you can e-mail him
For security reasons, we advice 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. Note.
Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!








Congratulations from the Staff & Members of the INTERACTIVE LOTTERY GAMES CONSULTING (Lottery Board Commission)




Mr David Rossman Mr. Richardson M Mrs. Janeth Samza
(CLAIM AGENT.) (Zonal Co-ordinator) (Online coordinator )





Best RegardsJANETH SAMZACo-coordinatorEUROPEAN.UK .SOUTH AFRICAN UNION INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS.
Yours faithfully, JANETH SAMZA. Online coordinator EUROPEAN/UK/S.A UNION INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS, Open 7 days a week 8am-5pm.

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