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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: safa lotto <meltzltd18@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <meltztrustltd@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 20:11:12 +0200
Subject: REWARDING YOU FOR USING THE INTERNET!!!!!!!!!!!


REWARDING YOU FOR USING THE INTERNET!!!!!!!!!!!

We are pleased to inform you today 15th november 2007 as one of thelucky winners of our Soccer World Cup Draws held by National lottery SA,inconjunctionwith the Confederation of Africa Football (CAF) and South African FootballAssociation (SAFA)to promote the first ever soccer world cup in Africa which will be held2010 in South Africa,Participants in the draws were selected through a computer ballot systemdrawn from 2,500,000 e-mailaddresses of dividuals and companies from Africa,America,Asia,Australia,Canada,Europe, Middle East,and New Zealand as part of our electronic businessPromotions Program.

You are qualified for this draw as a result of you visiting variouswebsites we are running the Electronic-business promotions for. You/YourCompany e-mailaddress attached with REFERENCE NUMBER: NA/SAFA 2010/WORLD 2007-12, BATCHNUMBER:NA/CAF-2007-02I-345 with serial number 000-15drew The lucky numbers25-1-99-7-34-00 andconsequently won in the First quarter of the 2007 year draw. You havetherefore beenapproved for a lump sum pay out of $5,200,000.00 in cash, which is thewinning payoutfor First category winners.

CONGRATULATIONS!
Your winnings should be claimed from our paying Agents,as we have notified them. Due to the mix-up 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. To begin your claim,please contactour agent who also will be your claims agent.

MR.DLAMINI TULANI.BROKERAGE MANAGERMELTZ TRUST(PTY) LIMITEDSANDTON,SOUTH AFRICATEL:+27-739-425-758.FAX:+27-11-507-6020EMAIL:meltztrustltd@yahoo.com.hk

For due processing and remittance of your prize money,Remember you mustcontact your claim agent not later than two weeks After this date,otherwise,allfunds will be returned as Unclaimed.Please contact your claims manager and provide him with the requestedinformation so that he can Expedite the processing of your claims.

NAME:OCCUPATION:COUNTRY:ADDRESS:CITY:STATE/PROVENCE:ZIP/POSTAL: PHONE:FAX:EMAIL:REFERENCE NUMBER:BATCH NUMBER:AGE:COUNTRY OF RESIDENT:

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, pleaseremember to quote your Reference and Batch numbers in every one of yourcorrespondences with your agent. Furthermore you are seriously advised tokeep all winning lottery information and numbers from the public in line with our companysecurity protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of thisprogram by unscrupulous individuals. Again, should there be any change in youraddress, do inform your claims agent as soon as possible.
Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for being partof our Promotions program.

Yours sincerely,Awards Service DepartmentCafsafa Lotteries.

N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners willresult to disqualification.Anybody below the age of 18 is automaticallydisqualified,You are obliged to donate 10% of your winning to any listedcharity organization in South Africa.
Please contact your claims agent

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