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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: clinton harry <clintonharry_04@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <harryclinton2007@aim.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 13:19:47 +0200
Subject: !!!CONGRATULATIONS!!!YOU HAVE WON


METROPOLITAN LOTTERY S/A
#265 FERIGRAN STREET, PRETORIA
EAST, PRETORIA, 0002 - SOUTH AFRICA.
FROM THE DIRECTOR, PRIZE AWARD
DEPARTMENT.

LUCKYNUMBERS: 06, 13, and 26,33,43,46.
REFNUMBERS: APEX-PF23-711W-9
BATCHNUMBERS: 46-184-WAN.
SERIAL NUMBERS: 215-18 DRAW.

WINNING NOTICE FOR CATEGORY "A"

We are pleased to inform you from METROPOLITAN LOTTERY S.A, of the announcement today 6TH Nov 2007 as one of the lucky winners of The METROPOLITAN LOTTERY SA. Draws held on the 4rd of Nov 2007 as part of our E-business promotional draws end. Participants in the draws were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 2,500,000 email addresses of individuals and companies from Africa, America, Asia, Australia, Europe, and Middle East, as part of our electronic Business Promotions Program.

You qualified for the draw as a result of your visiting various websites we are running the Electronic-business promotions for. You/Your Company email address, attached with REFERENCE NUMBER: APEX-PF23-711W-9, BATCH NUMBER: 46-184-WAN with serial Number 215-18 drew the lucky numbers 06, 13, 26,33,43,46. And consequently won the December 2006 draw, you have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of total prize US$1,500,000.00 in cash, which is the winning payout for First category winners. This is from the money of US$10,500,000.00 shared among the seven winners in the First category. CONGRATULATIONS!

Your winnings should be claim from our paying Agents. (APEX FINANCE LIMITED) As we have notified them. Due to the mix that may arise from emails of winners and numbers, we ask that you keep this award strictly from public notice until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of this program. We hope with a part of your prize, you will participate in our third quarter of year (2007) high stakes US$1.1 billion Universal Lottery. To begin your claim, please contact our paying agent who also will be your claim agent immediately:

DR. ROBERT NKOSI
MANAGER BROKERAGE SERVICE.
APEX FINANCE LIMITED.
Email: (robertnkosi@executivemail.co.za)
TEL: 27-82-269-6743.
FAX: 27-86-515-7889.

For due processing and remittance of your prize money, remember you must contact your claim agent not later than 15TH of November 2007 after this date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed.

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your reference and batch numbers provided below in every one of your correspondences with your claims agent. REFERENCE NUMBER: APEX-PF23-711W-9, BATCH NUMBER: 46-184-WAN. Also to begin your Claim sends to your claims agent the following information by email.

1) YOUR BATCH AND REFFERENCE NUMBERS
2) AMOUNT WON.
3) YOUR FULL NAME.
4) YOUR ADDRESS.
5) CONTACT DETAILS, (MOBILE PHONE AND FAX NUMBER).
6) SERIAL NUMBERS.
7) OCCUPATION.
8) AGE.
9) DATE.

Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our promotions program.
Sincerely,
Mr Clinton Harry

N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to disqualification to avoid double claiming.
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