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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: doris thabo <dthabo20@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <smithandrew95@workmail.co.za>
Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2007 08:29:53 +0200
Subject: CONTACT OUR CLAIMS AGENT



Dear Winner,

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual final draws of SA 2010 ONLINE INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY being organized by South Africa government in conjunction with FIFA to boost the 2010 world cup to be hosted in South Africa.The online cyber lotto draws was conducted from an exclusive list of 21,000 e-mail addresses of individual and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search from the internet, no tickets were sold. After this automated computer ballot, your e-mail address emerged as one of two winners in the category "A" with the following winning information: You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of US$2,500,000.00 (Two million, Five hundred thousand United States dollars).
LUCKYNUMBERS: 06, 13, and 26,33,43,46.REFERENCE NUMBERS: INL-PF23-711W-9BATCH NUMBERS: 46-184-WAN.SERIAL NUMBERS: 215-18 DRAW.
The SA Gambling Board approves the SA 2010 ONLINE INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY. To begin the Processing of your prize you are to contact our fiduciary claims department for more information as regards the procedures to claim your prize.For all claims, please contact the officer whose details appear below ; Name:Mr. Andrew Smith (Claim agent SA 2010 ONLINE INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY)Email:smithandrew95@workmail.co.za

For due processing and remittance of your prize money you are to contact your claim agent Mr.Smith Andrew as soon as possible without any delay as all funds not claim will be returned as unclaimed.
You are advised to contact him by sending the under listed in formations to him:

(1) FULL NAME(2) FULL ADDRESS(3) AGE(4) SEX(5) OCCUPATION(6) TELEPHONE NUMBER(7) SERIAL NUMBERS: 215-18 DRAW Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our promotional program.Yours Sincerely,Mrs.Doris Thabo.(Notification Officer)


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