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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: "notification award" <award028@livedoor.com>
Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 19:08:38 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!! YOU HAVE WON $2,000,000.00. CONTACT. PAUL BENSON


PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD

THE ANANZI GOLF/FLALOTTERY AND TELKOMSA COMPANY OFFICIAL PRIZE
NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual
final draws held to promote South Africa 2010 World Cup, by Ananzi Golf
in conjunction with the British Coca-Cola, Telkomsa Company and Flalottery
organization Promotion.Your email was among the Lucky winners who won
$2,000,000.00 {Two million United State Dollars} each in the 2008
PROMOTION.

However the results were released today and your Email Address was
attached to ticket number (7PWYZ2008) and ballot number BT:12052008/20) Your
winning numbers No:16 18 21 27 36 43 bonus No:44 Winning numbers for Sat
Apr 5 draw, visit the previous winners in Flalottery:
http://www.flalottery.com/inet/winnersMain.do The online draws was
conducted by a random selection of email addresses from an exclusive list
of 29,031,643 E-mail addresses of individuals and corporate bodies picked by
an advanced automated random computer search from the internet. However, no
tickets were sold but all email addresses were assigned to different ticket
numbers for representation and privacy.

The selection process was carried out through random selection in our
computerized email selection machine (TOPAZ) . This Lottery is approved by
the British/US/SA Gaming Board and also licensed by the The International
Association of Gaming Regulators
(IAGR).This lottery is the 3rd of its kind and we intend to sensitize the
public. To begin the claim processing of your prize you are to contact Dr.
Paul Benson as stated below:
NAME: DR. PAUL BENSON.
Email: drpaulbenson@hotmail.com Or claimsdepartment@telkomsa.net
TEL: +27 73 786 8904
Please provide the following details for processing of your claim. And send
to your claiming agent. Dr. Benson Call him on the phone.
NAME:..................................
ADDRESS:...............................
NATIONALITY:...........................
SEX:...................................
AGE:...................................
PHONE/MOBILE:..........................
FAX:...................................
OCCUPATION:............................
COMPANY:...............................
TICKETS/BALLOT:............................................

Accept our hearty congratulations once again!

Yours Faithfully,
Management.

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