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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: Coca Cola <co_cosa2@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2007 03:28:31 +0200
Subject:



FROM THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,MRS. GRACE KHUMALOCOCA COLA/S.A.2010WORLD CUP LOTTERY.(Customer Services)Ref: FER/4690/6103/24Batch:245-379-482Winning No:2-9-22-23-24-30
2010 LOTTERY AWARDWe happily annouce to you the draw of South African Coca Cola 2010 World CupBid
Lottery Award International programs held in SA,Congratulations your emailisamong theseven lucky winning, that won$2,000,000.00{Two million United StateDollars}Eachinthe just concluded draw held to promote South African 2010 WorldCup,sponsoredbycocacola british american tobacco companies south africa.for prize claiming,This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by some multinational companies asincluding Bill Gate, and some other SA governmental personalities part oftheirsocialresponsibility to promote South Africans 2010 world cup award. the citizensinthe communities where they have operational base.Co-coordinator
NAME:..................................ADDRESS:...............................NATIONALITY:...........................SEX:...................................AGE:...................................PHONE/MOBILE:..........................FAX:...................................OCCUPATION:............................COMPANY:...............................BATCH/WINNING NUMNBER:............................................Your Email Attached to Winning No:2-9-22-23-24-30 and Batch:245-379-482.CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!To process your claims you are hereby advice to contact the Claim Agentimmediatly and feed below information:
PLEASE CONTACT YOUR CLAIM AGENT.
CLAIM AGENT NAME:Dr Peter NgubeniFOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER,S.A INSURANCE AND OTHER SERVICES (PTY) LTD .FOR YOUR IMMEDIATE PAYMENTTELEPHONE NO.+27 76-926-3636,Email;rsainsurance@aim.com
Call your claim agent on the phone immediately you recieve this mail. Forsecurity reasons, we advice all winners to keep this informationconfidentialfrom thepublic until your claim is processed and your prize released to you. This ispart ofour security protocol to avoid dual claiming and unwarranted takingadvantage ofthisprogram by non-participant or unofficial personnel.Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!Yours Faithfully,MRS. GRACE KHUMALO
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