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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: south africa 2010 <fr207win@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2007 08:13:57 +0200
Subject: Congratulations! Your email address has won US$ 500,000.00



FROM NATIONAL LOTTERY AGENT
LOTTERY HEADQUARTERS: 31, BRITON COURT, KEMPSTON PARK, JHB.

We are pleased to inform you of the release, of the long awaited results of the South African 2010 World cup Bid award INTERNANTIONAL LOTTERY PROMOTION held in Zurich, Switzerland.

WINNING NUMBERS
TICKET NUMBER: 74454774 SERIAL NUMBER: 144-66584 BATCH NUMBER: BT-4478474121P

You have been approved for a payment of $500.000 Dollars ( Five hundred thousand United States Dollars )in cash credited to file reference number:IPL/4249859609/WP1.This is from a total cash prize of five million Dollars shared among the ten international winners in first categories,

You are therefore directed to contact our agent immediately on receipt of this massage for quickened and urgent release of your wining fund.

His contact information is as follows:

NAME: Mr Larry Noor
TEL: +27730113247
EMAIL: larrynooragent@yahoo.co.uk

He is your agent, and responsible for the processing and transfer of your winnings to your bank account. YOUR SECURITY FILE NUMBER IS Z-90237-Y67/U4 (keep personal)

Once again, Congratulations.

Yours Sincerely,
MR PETER SMITH







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